To provide a receiving device capable of stopping a load at a fixedly shaped position regardless of the difference in weight.

Cushioning bodies 32 for respective idlers 30 are compressed by a load to increase the contact area of the cushioning bodies 32 with the load. Frictional torque is increased against the rotational motion of the idlers 30 to brake the inertia force of the load. The amount of compression of the cushioning bodies 32, or the area of contact with the load is automatically changed in response to the change in weight of the load to stop the load at a fixedly shaped position.