Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for lifting equipment for interposing in the force flow path between the lifting equipment or the driving mechanism thereof and a load to be moved, with e.g. a transducer for detecting the load states. In known lifting equipment, it has been found that critical load states are admittedly detected, but are not adequately compensated or cannot be counteracted soon enough. For this purpose, the invention provides at least one mechanism for intermediately storing or at least partly converting the mechanical energy introduced by a load movement into other energy forms, the transducer being coupled in non-positive manner to the mechanism.