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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1977
Joseph M Cachia, New Haven, MI (US);
Allied Chemical Corporation, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Abstract
A safety belt retractor comprising a frame, a spool mounted for rotation on the frame and having seat belt webbing wound thereon, first means biasing the spool in a rewind direction and means for reducing the tension of the webbing against the wearer due to the bias force of the first biasing means, the tension reducing means comprising a second means biasing the spool in a rewind direction and having a lower biasing force than the first biasing means and blocking means having an operable position at which it prevents the first biasing means from rotating the spool and an inoperable position at which it does not prevent such rotation, the blocking means being in the operable position after extension of the seat belt webbing to a position of use, and the second biasing means operable to wind the webbing when the blocking means is in its operable position.