Self-regulating device for the automatic locking of safety belt

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1976-06-01

1978-03-07

Gilreath, Stanley N.

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Strand tensioning device

Tortuous course

A62B 3502, B65H 7548

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040775844

ABSTRACT:
A locking mechanism for a safety belt reel with a self-adjusting device which compensates for different orientations of the reel, particularly when installed in different vehicles. The locking mechanism includes a ball and bowl actuator for operating a lever which locks a toothed wheel mounted for rotation with the safety belt reel. A transmission element is positioned between a curved recess in the lever and the ball which rests on the bowl. A ball and socket joint forms an articulation between the lever and the ball on the bowl, the ball of the joint having a diametrical bore which slidably receives the transmission element. The base of the transmission element is disc-shaped to act as a bearing surface and as a weight for automatically orientating the articulation when the mechanism is installed. The articulation can be clamped in the optimum orientation.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3508720 (1970-04-01), Kell
patent: 3868068 (1975-02-01), Heath
patent: 3901461 (1975-08-01), Stephenson et al.
patent: 3940083 (1976-02-01), Stephenson et al.

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