An apparatus for the suspended conveyance of items, wherein said apparatus comprises a. a conveyor system which has a conveyor rail along which the items can each be conveyed suspended from an overhead adapter , b. a plurality of buffer devices coupled to the conveying system , which buffer device each i. are designed as circulating storage devices having a closed circulating storage line and a conveyor , ii. have a discharge conveyor for conveying overhead adapters along a discharge line of the buffer device , iii. have a separating unit arranged upstream of the discharge conveyor for separating the overhead adapters , iv. have an identification unit arranged downstream of the separating unit for identifying the items and/or overhead adapters to be discharged from the buffer device , v. have a diverter element arranged on the discharge line for discharging the overhead adapters to be discharged from the buffer device into the conveyor system , wherein the apparatus is characterized in that the discharge conveyor - is operable at a first conveying speed (v 1 ) when no overhead adapter to be discharged has been identified, - is operable at a second conveying speed (v 2 ) when an overhead adapter to be discharged has been identified, wherein the second conveying speed (v 2 ) is lower than the first conveying speed (v 1 ). a. a conveyor system which has a conveyor rail along which the items can each be conveyed suspended from an overhead adapter , b. a plurality of buffer devices coupled to the conveying system , which buffer device each i. are designed as circulating storage devices having a closed circulating storage line and a conveyor , ii. have a discharge conveyor for conveying overhead adapters along a discharge line of the buffer device , iii. have a separating unit arranged upstream of the discharge conveyor for separating the overhead adapters , iv. have an identification unit arranged downstream of the separating unit for identifying the items and/or overhead adapters to be discharged from the buffer device , v. have a diverter element arranged on the discharge line for discharging the overhead adapters to be discharged from the buffer device into the conveyor system , i. are designed as circulating storage devices having a closed circulating storage line and a conveyor , ii. have a discharge conveyor for conveying overhead adapters along a discharge line of the buffer device , iii. have a separating unit arranged upstream of the discharge conveyor for separating the overhead adapters , iv. have an identification unit arranged downstream of the separating unit for identifying the items and/or overhead adapters to be discharged from the buffer device , v. have a diverter element arranged on the discharge line for discharging the overhead adapters to be discharged from the buffer device into the conveyor system , wherein the apparatus is characterized in that the discharge conveyor - is operable at a first conveying speed (v 1 ) when no overhead adapter to be discharged has been identified, - is operable at a second conveying speed (v 2 ) when an overhead adapter to be discharged has been identified, wherein the second conveying speed (v 2 ) is lower than the first conveying speed (v 1 ). - is operable at a first conveying speed (v 1 ) when no overhead adapter to be discharged has been identified, - is operable at a second conveying speed (v 2 ) when an overhead adapter to be discharged has been identified, <EOS>