Seat belt retractor

A seat belt retractor comprising

• a belt reel mounted rotatably on a frame for retracting and uncoiling the seat belt,
• a blocking device for blocking rotation of the belt reel, said blocking device including a blocking disc,
• a control element for actuating the blocking device,
• a belt webbing- and/or vehicle-sensitive sensor arrangement which activates actuation of the blocking device via the control element,
• a load limiter which allows a load-limiting rotation of the belt reel relative to at least one part of the load limiter held by the blocking device when the blocking device is actuated, wherein the blocking device is guided by the load-limiting rotation of the belt reel into a permanent blocking position or permanent readiness for the blocking position so that rotation of the belt reel is blocked at least in the belt extraction direction, and
• a holding device for bringing about the blocking position of the blocking device, the holding device is moved, by the load-limiting rotation of the belt reel,
• from a rest position during normal operation into a fixing position, wherein the holding device is brought into the fixing position by a movement running substantially parallel to a belt reel axis, wherein the holding device projects through an orifice in the blocking disc.