A device for sorting and transporting matching objects (2,3) with a lateral surface (3.3) extending between a bottom and top surface (3.1, 3.2), whose centre of gravity of volume does not coincide with its centre of mass (3.4), comprising - a continuous conveyor with a conveyor belt rotating in an upper and lower run in a transport direction which always stays the same, wherein the upper run of the conveyor belt in the transport direction which always stays the same firstly runs through a loading part (5.4) and then an upwardly conveying sorting and steep conveying part (5.5) of the continuous conveyor, - several carriers configured as profile strips for the objects (2,3), which are attached to the conveyor belt transversely to the transport direction which always stays the same, wherein - each profile strip has a first support surface (9.1) and a second support surface (9.2) opposite the first support surface (9.1), wherein the first and second support surfaces (9.1, 9.2) each have a length extending in the longitudinal direction of the profile strip and a different width (B1, B2) extending transversely thereto, characterized in that - the conveyor belt can optionally be used either in a first or second running direction (10, 11) in the continuous conveyor in such a manner that in the first running direction of the conveyor belt, the first support surface (9.1) and in the second running direction of the conveyor belt the second support surface (9.2) is the front support surface in the transport direction which always stays the same, - the width (B1, B2) of the optionally front first and second support surface (9.1, 9.2) in the transport direction which always stays the same is matched to the objects (2,3) in such a manner that in the loading part (5.4) on the respectively front support surface (9.1, 9.2) of each profile strip in the transport direction, which always stays the same, objects (2,3) with correct and incorrect orientation are picked up with the lateral surface (3.3) resting thereon, wherein the distance between the centre of mass (3.4) of each object (2,3) with correct orientation and the conveyor belt is less than the distance between the centre of mass (3.4) of each object (2,3) with incorrect orientation and the conveyor belt and in the subsequent sorting and steep conveying part (5.5) the objects (2,3) with incorrect orientation drop down due to the greater distance of the centre of mass (3.4) from the support surface (9.1, 9.2). - a continuous conveyor with a conveyor belt rotating in an upper and lower run in a transport direction which always stays the same, wherein the upper run of the conveyor belt in the transport direction which always stays the same firstly runs through a loading part (5.4) and then an upwardly conveying sorting and steep conveying part (5.5) of the continuous conveyor, - several carriers configured as profile strips for the objects (2,3), which are attached to the conveyor belt transversely to the transport direction which always stays the same, wherein - each profile strip has a first support surface (9.1) and a second support surface (9.2) opposite the first support surface (9.1), wherein the first and second support surfaces (9.1, 9.2) each have a length extending in the longitudinal direction of the profile strip and a different width (B1, B2) extending transversely thereto, characterized in that - the conveyor belt can optionally be used either in a first or second running direction (10, 11) in the continuous conveyor in such a manner that in the first running direction of the conveyor belt, the first support surface (9.1) and in the second running direction of the conveyor belt the second support surface (9.2) is the front support surface in the transport direction which always stays the same, - the width (B1, B2) of the optionally front first and second support surface (9.1, 9.2) in the transport direction which always stays the same is matched to the objects (2,3) in such a manner that in the loading part (5.4) on the respectively front support surface (9.1, 9.2) of each profile strip in the transport direction, which always stays the same, objects (2,3) with correct and incorrect orientation are picked up with the lateral surface (3.3) resting thereon, wherein the distance between the centre of mass (3.4) of each object (2,3) with correct orientation and the conveyor belt is less than the distance between the centre of mass (3.4) of each object (2,3) with incorrect orientation and the conveyor belt and in the subsequent sorting and steep conveying part (5.5) the objects (2,3) with incorrect orientation drop down due to the greater distance of the centre of mass (3.4) from the support surface (9.1, 9.2).