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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert R Close, Newhall, CA (US);
Assignee:
American Safety Equipment Corporation, Encino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242107 ; 2421 / ;
Abstract
An emergency locking safety belt retractor having a safety belt wound upon a reel has a dual tension single spring retraction means including reduction gear means interposed between the reel and retractor spring which is selectively operated to reduce the force of the spring means upon the reel when the safety belt is protracted to a position of use and then slightly retracted for a limited amount of retraction movement during which the safety belt is in a 'low tension zone' condition until the limited retraction movement allowed is exceeded and the full force of the spring is reapplied through the gear means to the reel.