Self-winding seat belt reel

Claim 1

A REEL FOR STORING A SEAT BELT WHEN NOT IN USE COMPRISING A RIGID FRAME HAVING SPACED PARALLEL WALLS, A SPINDLE HAVING A HOLE THERETHROUGH JOURNALED IN SAID FRAME BETWEEN THE WALLS WITH ONE END EXTENDING THROUGH ONE OF THE WALLS, SAID FRAME BEING PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR SECURING IT TO A PART OF A VEHICLE WITH THE SPINDLE SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL, SAID SPINDLE BEING PROVIDED WITH MEANS SECURING ONE END OF THE BELT THERETO COMPRISING A LOOP FORMED IN ONE END THEREOF BY FOLDING THE BELT UPON ITSELF ABOUT THE SPINDLE AND JOINING THE JUXTAPOSED PORTIONS BY STITCHING, SAID JUXTAPOSED STITCHED PORTIONS BEING IMPREGNATED WITH A HARDENING MATERIAL AND PREMOLDED AND A PIN PASSING THROUGH SAID LOOPED PORTION AND INTO SAID HOLE IN SAID SPINDLE, A SPOOL FIXED TO THE PROJECTING END OF THE SPINDLE, SAID SPOOL CONTAINING A HOLE IN ITS PERIPHERAL SURFACE, A SECOND SPOOL HAVING A PRESTRESSED SPRING METAL BAND COILED ON ITS PERIPHERAL SURFACE, AND MEANS SUPPORTING THE SECOND SPOOL OF A WALL WITH ITS AXIS SPACED FROM AND PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE SPINDLE ON WHICH THE FIRST SPOOL IS FIXED AND WITH THE FREE END OF THE BAND ENGAGED WITH THE HOLE IN ITS PERIPHERAL SURFACE AND WRAPPED ABOUT ITS PERIPHERAL SURFACE AT LEAST ONCE IN A DIRECTION SUCH THAT PULLING THE BELT OFF THE SPINDLE WINDS THE BAND FROM THE SECOND SPOOL ONTO THE FIRST SPOOL.