Discharge device

A discharge device for discharging electrostatic charges from a shaft, the discharge device comprising:

• an annular holder;
• and
• a conductor arrangement, said conductor arrangement comprising at least one flexurally elastic conductor arranged on the holder, and at least first and second conductor portions extending transversely to a longitudinal shaft axis, said first and second conductor portions each comprising a corresponding first and second shaft contact portion, wherein the first and second shaft contact portions together form a contact arrangement so as to be contacted with corresponding first and second circumferential contact areas of a shaft circumference arranged in a shaft contact plane W, wherein the first and second shaft contact portions are arranged tangentially to the shaft circumference upon contact to the shaft circumference;
• and
• wherein the conductor is made of a carbon fiber, and the conductor includes first and second ends, and each of the first and second ends of the conductor is accommodated in the holder, and wherein the carbon fiber arrangement of the conductor comprises a fiber network which is provided with a coating of pyrolytically deposited carbon.