Belt retracting means

Claim 1

IN A RETRACTABLE SAFETY BELT DEVICE FOR A BELT OF THE FLAT SURFACE TYPE HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL WIDTH RELATIVE TO THE THICKNESS THEREOF, AND ADAPTED TO HAVE ONE END ANCHORED TO A VEHICLE AND THE OTHER END PLACED ABOUT A PASSENGER, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW TUBULAR REEL HAVING AN AXIAL LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE WIDTH OF SAID BELT AND A DIAMETER ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF THE LENGTH THEREOF, SAID TUBULAR REEL BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE FLAT SURFACE OF A SAFETY BELT IN DOUBLE SPIRAL COILED RELATION THEREON; ATTACHING MEANS FOR SAID BELT INTERMEDIATE THE ENDSTHEREOF, SAID ATTACHING MEANS EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM THE PERIPHERY OF SAID REEL AND HAVING A BELT ENGAGEABLE UNDERPORTION IN OUTWARDLY SPACED RELATION TO THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID REEL, FORMED AS A PART OF SAID TUBULAR REEL AND PROVIDING AN OPENING FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BELT FROM THE SIDE THEREOF; MEANS DEFINING A BAR-LIKE REACTION BAIL IN RESPECT TO WHICH THE SAID REEL IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED, SAID REACTION BAIL HAVING A CONTACT GUIDE SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY SPACE FROM THE AXIS OF ROTATATION OF SAID REEL AND OF LENTH SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE WIDTH OF THE BELT, AND ARRANGED FOR GUIDING CONTACT ALONG THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE BELT TRANSVERSELY THEREOF; AND AN ELONGATED HELICAL COIL TORSION SPRING CONFINED WITHIN SAID TUBULAR REEL AND EXTENDING COAXIALLY THEREOF, ONE END OF SAID SPRING BEING CONNECTED IN DRIVING RELATION TO SAID REEL ADJACENT A FIRST TERMINAL OF SAID REEL AND THE OTHER END OF SAID SPRING BEING ANCHORED IN RELATION TO SAID REACTION BAIL ADJACENT THE OTHER TERMINAL OF SAID REEL; WHEREBY WHEN THE BELT IS COMPLETELY WITHDRAWN FROM THE REEL AND IN FUNCTIONAL POSITION ABOUT A PASSENGER, THE PULL IS DIRECTLY THROUGH THE BELT TO THE VEHICLE ANCHORAGE AND THE REACTOR UNIT FLOATS ON THE BELT WITHOUT BEING SUBJECT TO THE FORCE OF IMPACT IMPOSED UPON THE BELT BY THE PASSENGER.