Device for compensating the weight of a suspended load

A device (1) for compensating the weight of a suspended load comprising a counterweight or spring tensioner including at least one spring (2) opposing a force, a rope pull (4) or supporting wire to be reeled off a barrel (3), with the barrel (3) being supported for rotation on a shaft (6), which the spring (2) directly engages with its internal end or via a sheath connected to the shaft (6), while an external end of the spring (2) engages the barrel (3), and a shaft drive (7) for changing a supporting force acts via the shaft (6) to the spring (2) and the spring (2) with the shaft drive (7) and a drive wheel (8) arranged on the shaft (6) allocated to the shaft drive being connected via a freewheel, which when the spring (2) is relaxed prior to its loosening or disengagement of the internal end is activated in a manner of a freewheel, the freewheel includes catching latch arrangement (9) which, in a blocking direction has at least three latches (10) that simultaneously engage recesses (11) which receive the latches in the blocking direction, the recesses (11) are arranged at an inside of a circular drive wheel (12) allocated to the drive wheel (8) and an internal body (13) of the catching latch arrangement (9) is arranged inside the circular drive wheel (12), pivotally supporting the latches (10), simultaneously being a part of a slide bearing for the circular drive wheel (12) that is rotational in a freewheel direction.