Patent ID: 6874719

Claim:
A sealing structure for a fishing reel having a reel unit, a spool shaft rotatively fitted in the reel unit, and a spool supported rotatively on the spool shaft, said sealing structure comprising: a first member non-rotatably mounted on the spool shaft; a second member non-rotatably attached to the spool and having an inner peripheral surface disposed about an outer peripheral surface of said first member, said second member being rotatable relative to said first member, said second member having a small-diameter contact face and a large-diameter relief face, said smaller-diameter contact face being closer to the spool than said large-diameter relief face is; and a seal member for sealing a clearance between said first member and said second member, and having a cylindrical portion made of an elastic substance and mountable on said first member, and a sealing portion formed integrally on an outer circumferential surface of said cylindrical portion and tapering toward said inner peripheral surface of said second member such that a distal edge of said sealing portion can contact said small-diameter contact face of said second member said sealing portion including a lip portion that can contact said small-diameter contact face of said second member.