Patent ID: 9615556
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. A dual-bearing reel being attachable to a fishing rod and being configured to forwardly reel out a fishing line, comprising: a handle disposed on a first side of the dual-bearing reel; a reel unit including a fishing rod attachment leg and a frame, the fishing rod attachment leg enabling the fishing rod to be attached thereto, the frame having a first side plate and a second side plate, the first side plate being disposed on the first side, the second side plate being disposed on a second side of the dual-bearing reel, the second side being opposite the first side, so as to enable a spool to be disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate; the spool being rotatable with respect to the reel unit and being capable of winding the fishing line thereabout; a level wind mechanism including a fishing line guide, the fishing line guide being disposed forward of the spool and being reciprocatable along a rotation shaft of the spool; and a plate member, the plate member being disposed between the spool and the fishing line guide that extends along an axial direction of the rotation shaft, the plate member being attached to the reel unit from a side lateral to the frame, the plate member being fixed to the second side plate, extending toward the first side plate, and penetrating through the second side plate, the second side plate having a slit enabling the plate member to penetrate therethrough, and the first side plate having an engaging groove enabling a first end of the plate member to be engaged therewith, the first end of the plate member being disposed on the first side.