Patent ID: 6889930

Claim:
A seatbelt refractor comprising a frictional clutching means equipped in a drum, said clutching means acting between the drum and a drum shaft rotatable within the drum to reduce rotating speed of the drum shaft, to which a webbing and spiral spring are fixed, in response to expansion of said spiral spring during retraction of the webbing, and wherein the frictional clutching means comprises: a first rod member slidably inserted into a guide element so that the first rod member can slide through said guide element in accordance with expansion of the spiral spring, the first rod member being provided with a guide slot at the center thereof; a restoring spring installed at one end of said first rod member for elastically supporting said first rod member; a gear member pivotally fixed to a drum by a pivot shaft and slidably connected to said guide slot by a guide pin; and, a second rod member that slidably moves engaging with tooth of said gear member.