Cable connection with slack cable-brake release for an aerial cableway

In an aerial cableway having a travelling mechanism, a traction cable secured to said travelling mechanism and a brake release mechanism operatively connected to said traction cable and operable in response to a drop of the tension in the traction cable below a predetermined minimum value, the improvement comprising:

• a damping mechanism arranged at said travelling mechanism, said traction cable being guided over said damping mechanism to counteract oscillations in said cable, a cable drum, said traction cable being wrapped around said cable drum and secured to said travelling mechanism, a force measuring device for deflecting the traction cable in an oscillation free-range thereof between said damping mechanism and said cable drum, said force measuring device being operatively connected to said brake release mechanism so as to cause said brake release mechanism to respond upon a predetermined value of the force of the cable exerted upon said force measuring device.