Abstract: A current collector holder for a carbon shoe, which bears against a contact wire, for electrically driven vehicles, has two first webs which grip a foot region of the shoe, and two second webs which project away from the shoe are arranged underneath the shoe. An independent spring system is provided for exerting forces against the second webs for pressing the first webs against the foot region of the shoe. The spring system has a spring which extends uniformly in the longitudinal direction of the shoe, and bears with its longitudinal regions against the second webs to transmit a spring force, acting in a direction transverse to the shoe, to the second webs. The holder is simple to construct and provides contact forces acting continuously over the entire length of the shoe.