The invention discloses a spiral load
brake and relates to the field of hoisting and transporting machines. The spiral load
brake comprises a
machine body, a driving friction disk, a transmission shaft, a
ratchet wheel, a pawl, two friction plates, a driven friction disk, a bearing, a resistance ring, a
thumb wheel, a pawl return spring, a pawl limiting seat and an adjusting nut. The driving friction disk is assembled on a multi-head external thread of the transmission shaft; the driven friction disk and the transmission shaft are connected together; the
ratchet wheel is mounted on the transmission shaft and between the driving friction disk and the driven friction disk, a bearing is assembled between the
ratchet wheel and the transmission shaft, and the ratchet wheel is free sheathed on a housing of the bearing;and the two friction plates are respectively arranged on two sides of the ratchet wheel between the driving friction disk and the driven friction disk; the pawl is hinged with the
machine body; the
thumb wheel is mounted on the transmission shaft through the bearing, the resistance ring and the driven friction disk; the pawl return spring is clamped on the pawl; the pawl limiting seat is mounted on the
machine body; and the adjusting nut is mounted on one side on the transmission shaft in which the driving friction disk is located. The spiral load
brake has the advantages of
energy conservation, high efficiency, good braking property and safety in use, and can be widely applied in the hoisting and transporting machines.