Safety belt reeling device with safety belt guide designed for automatic assembly

Abstract

A safety belt reeling device has a housing and a belt reeling shaft rotatably supported in the housing. A safety belt is connected with one end to the belt reeling shaft so as to be reeled onto and withdrawn from the belt reeling shaft. A safety belt guide is movably connected in the housing between an assembly position and an operational position. The safety belt guide has a guide slot through which the safety belt is threaded during assembly of the safety belt reeling device and in which the safety belt is guided during operation of the safety belt reeling device. The belt reeling shaft has a belt slot and the safety belt is guided through the belt slot and is secured thereat. The safety belt guide during assembly is moved into the assembly position at the periphery of the belt reeling shaft and is secured in the assembly position such that the guide slot is aligned with the belt slot and such that the guide slot and the belt slot are directly adjacent to one another.

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