Conveyor installation for hanging items

A conveyor installation for hanging items (34) comprising

• a transport rail (1) with a bearing (7, 8);
• a drive chain (9) which is guided in said bearing (7, 8) and drivable in a direction of conveyance (40) and which comprises upper coupling members (16) located at a lower side (15) of said drive chain (9);
• retaining members (29) for said hanging items (34), which retaining members (29) are displaceably mounted in the direction of conveyance (40) below the drive chain (9) by means of rollers (26, 27),
• with the upper ends of the retaining members (29) being provided with lower coupling members (35), and
• with in each case one upper coupling member (16) and one lower coupling member (35) forming a drive connection of the drive chain (9) with a retaining member (29) for conveyance of said retaining member (29) in the direction of conveyance (40);
• wherein
• the bearing (7, 8) is designed such that the drive chain (9) is displaceable upwards by a distance a in a direction opposite to gravity;
• the coupling members (35, 16) are designed such that the transmission of a drive force (F) of the drive chain (9) takes place via a normal force component (N) and a lifting force component (H) which is opposite to gravity, with a line of action (n) of the normal force component (N) forming an angle W with a line of action (23) of the drive force (F) of the drive chain (9), wherein the line of action (23) is parallel to the direction of conveyance (40);
• and
• an actuable stopping device (38) is provided for accumulating retaining members (29), with the lifting force component (H) causing the upper coupling member (16) to be lifted upwards by a displacement path v for releasing the drive connection, with v<a.