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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Kabushiki-Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2421071 ; 2421 / ; 280807 ;
Abstract
A seat belt retractor of the type for winding up two restraining seat belts on a single retractor shaft one over the other including a base, a retractor shaft rotatably supported by the base for winding up the two seat belts during retraction, a means for applying a retracting force to the retractor shaft and a means for applying a bending force to at least one of the two belts which is smaller in magnitude than the retracting force whereby slack is prevented from occurring in the retractor when the belts are wound out.