Retraction locking safety belt retractor
AssigneeTakata Kojyo Co., Ltd.
InventorJuichiro Takada
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AssigneeTakata Kojyo Co., Ltd.
InventorJuichiro Takada
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A safety belt retractor reel which is automatically locked against belt extraction in response to certain conditions or manipulation is provided with a mechanism for releasably locking the reel against belt retraction in response to a predetermined manipulation of the belt. The mechanism includes a ratchet wheel rotatable with the reel and a pawl spring biased into engagement with the ratchet wheel to lock the reel against retraction rotation. The pawl has a locking shoulder and a cam edge. An actuator member is slip drive coupled to the reel and has a radial arm carrying a transversely projecting follower which engages the cam surface to retract the pawl with the reel belt extraction rotation. A locking member is slip drive coupled to the reel and has a radial arm carrying a transversely projecting locking element movable out of and into engagement with the locking shoulder with the extraction and retraction rotation of the reel.
A belt retractor device comprising a reel rotatable in opposite belt retraction and extraction directions, a belt coupled to said reel and windable thereon with the belt retraction rotation thereof, spring means biasing said reel in the belt retraction rotation thereof, a ratchet wheel rotatable with said reel, a pawl member swingable between an advance position engaging said ratchet wheel and locking said reel against retraction rotation and a retracted position disengaging said ratchet wheel and having a lock shoulder and a cam edge, spring means biasing said pawl member toward its advance position, an actuator member rotatable through a restricted angle about the axis of said reel and slip drive coupled thereto, a follower element defining projection projecting transversely from and eccentrically located on said actuator member and movable in engagement with said cam surface to retract said pawl member with the extraction rotation of said reel, a locking member rotatable through a restricted angle about the axis of said reel and drive coupled thereto, a locking element defining projection located eccentrically on and projecting transversely from said locking member and movable into registry with said pawl member shoulder with the retraction rotation of said reel and a release element defining projection eccentrically located on and projecting from said actuator member and movable into engagement with said locking member with the extraction rotation of said reel to retract said locking element from said pawl lock shoulder to permit the spring advance of said pawl into engagement with said ratchet wheel.
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