Patent ID: 7374120

Claim:
An anti-backlash apparatus for a bait reel, provided within the bait reel and selectively controlling a rotational friction of a spool by a rotation operation of a dial, the apparatus comprising: a brake shoe holder connecting to the spool; a plurality of brake shoes operably coupled with the brake shoe holder, and moveable in a radial direction in association with a rotation of the spool to provide a frictional contact with a brake ring; a stopper provided at one side of the brake shoe holder, and restricting movements of the brake shoes; a stopper holder coupled with the stopper, and moveable forward and backward depending on by rotation of the dial; and locking parts each vertically bent and provided at an end of each of the brake shoes, each locking part being lockable at an inner circumference surface of the stopper for restricting the movement of the brake shoe in the radial direction, and the locking parts having lengths different from each other such that they can be alternately locked at the inner circumference surface of the stopper and released therefrom as the dial rotates and moves the stopper out of engagement with each of the vertically bent locking parts.