A buffer, especially for cranes, which includes a top plate and a bottom plate confining therebetween a plurality of discs of circular elastic material which are bonded to each other and to the head and foot plate while a holding member extends through passages in the plates located between the head and foot plate and is connected to the head and foot plate, the internal plates between the head plate and foot plate are provided with axially aligned passages the inner diameter of which is a multiple of the thickness of the holding member.
