Rope hoist

A rope hoist which enables movement along a rail direction by driving a wheel with respect to a rail, and hoists and lowers a cargo suspended therefrom via a wire rope by changing a winding length of the wire rope by rotation of a rope drum, the rope hoist comprising:

• a frame structure which rotatably supports the wheel;
• a rope drum mechanism which is provided on one side of the frame structure in a width direction orthogonal to the rail direction, and comprises the rope drum and a drum motor which rotates the rope drum;
• a counterweight which is provided on another side of the frame structure in the width direction and is arranged in a state of having a space with respect to the frame structure;
• and
• a control unit which is attached to a side of the counterweight, the side being opposite to a side facing the rope drum mechanism in the width direction, and inverter-controls the drum motor,
• a braking resistor part which processes regenerative electric power in the inverter control is attached in a state of being located in the space.