Patent ID: 8794392

Claim:
A rappelling device for braking a load guided on a cable ( 14 ; 44 ; 84 ) which can be fixed to the rappelling device, wherein the cable ( 14 ; 44 ; 84 ) runs through the rappelling device ( 10 ; 40 ; 80 ) in a friction-guided manner over a distance ( 22 ; 52 a , 52 b ; 82 a , 82 b ) defined by an arrangement of bolts and is guided over a single brakable shaft ( 24 ; 54 ; 94 ), wherein said brakable shaft includes a gearless centrifugal brake having a plurality of weights, wherein said weights of said brake are directly connected to the brakable shaft, wherein said brakable shaft has a small diameter that is configured to produce high rotational speeds during a braking process, wherein the brakable shaft is braked via the centrifugal brake, and wherein the cable ( 14 ; 44 ; 84 ) is pressed directly and so strongly onto the brakable shaft ( 24 ; 54 ; 94 ) having the small diameter by means of a pre-definable pressing force ( 29 ; 49 ; 89 ) that the rotational speed of the brakable shaft determines the rappelling speed of a load affixed to the cable.