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Abstract

The invention is directed to a rope brake especially for synthetic fiber ropes such as climbing ropes or the like. The rope brake has a housing which includes a guide device for at least one rope and this guide device can apply a braking action to the rope. The guide device includes at least one opening for the passthrough of at least one rope loop as well as a pin which extends across the opening and is movable in the plane defined by the rope loop. The pin runs within the rope loop and clamps the rope under load in the opening. At least one further cutout is provided on the housing of the rope brake for the purpose of better metering of the braking force. This cutout is provided for additional guidance and/or reversal of a single rope or double rope. Furthermore, at least one stop for the pin is provided on the housing of the rope brake and this stop limits the movement of the pin in the direction of the movement of the pin, which occurs under load of the rope, before reaching its end position made possible by the deformability of the rope. A spring determines the neutral position of the pin and is arranged in the housing so as to be covered whereby an increased operational reliability and simpler manipulation of the rope brake results.

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