Suspended conveyor

A method for clearing a rail (2) of a suspended conveyor (1) region by region, comprising the following steps:

• providing a suspended conveyor (1) comprising a rail (2) and a conveying means (3) which is movably mounted on the rail (2) in a conveying direction (x) and comprises carriers (4) for releasable holding suspended transport means (5);
• providing a clearing arrangement (6) along a section (7) of the rail (2), which comprises a clearing device (8) with a clearing element (10), as well as an actuating arrangement (11) which is configured to move the clearing device (8) from a standby state to a clearing state, wherein the clearing device (8) comprises a guide bearing (9), by which the clearing device (8) is movably arranged on the rail section (7) and is moved along the rail section in the clearing device state by the actuating arrangement (11), along a rail segment (29);
• and
• bringing the clearing element (10) into engagement with the transport means (5) and transferring the clearing element (10) into a clearing state by a relative movement of the clearing device (8) to the conveying means (3), whereby the transport means (5) are released from the carriers (4) in the rail section (7).