Patent ID: 8052080

Claim:
A rope braking device comprising: a housing including a chamber formed therein, and including an orifice formed in a bottom portion thereof and communicative with said chamber of said housing, an eyelet engaged in said orifice of said housing and including a bore formed therein for slidably receiving and engaging with a rope and for guiding said rope to move into and out of said chamber of said housing, a pulley including a hub rotatably mounted and supported in said chamber of said housing with a shaft for winding said rope, a follower gear rotatably mounted on said shaft and coupled to said hub and rotated in concert with said hub and said pulley, an internal gear rotatably mounted on said shaft and including a plurality of teeth provided therein, a plurality of pinions engaged with said follower gear and said inner teeth of said internal gear, and a spring member for biasing said internal gear.