Patent ID: 8662538

Claim:
A belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt, comprising a belt reel onto which the safety belt is wound when the belt strap is reeled in and from which the safety belt can be unwound when the belt strap is pulled out, a belt strap-sensitive blocking mechanism which blocks extension of the belt strap when the belt strap is extended with excessive acceleration, and/or a vehicle-sensitive blocking mechanism which blocks extension of the belt strap when the vehicle accelerates excessively, characterized in that a retarding device ( 1 ) is rotatably connected to the belt reel ( 2 ) and has a circular segmental track ( 3 ) which is moved about the belt reel axis ( 6 ) with gear reduction and embodied as a segmentally shaped guideway, along which a belt strap-sensitive latch ( 4 ) is guided with engagement or abuttingly in order to prevent any latching movement which initiates blocking along a specified length of belt strap extension at the beginning of the belt strap extension process.