Conveyor for conveying hanging objects

A conveyor for conveying hanging objects, comprising:

• a first rail profile having an upper first track, a second track arranged below the first track, and a sorting section with a separation unit and a switch, said switch following the separation unit in a conveying direction;
• a conveyor chain constructed for continuous movement in the first track of the first rail profile in the conveying direction;
• holding adapters for holding objects to be conveyed, each holding adapter having a head part rollably supported in the second track of the first rail profile, each said holding adapter constructed for being coupled and decoupled from the conveyor chain during movement of the conveyor chain, wherein the second track in a region of the sorting section is configured as downward slope in the conveying direction, wherein in said downward slope a distance between the first track and the second track increases to a degree at which the holding adapters and the conveyor chain are decoupled from each other, and wherein the separation unit and the switch are arranged in a region of the sorting section at which the holding adapters are decoupled from the conveyor chain.