Patent ID: 8517299

Claim:
A dual-bearing reel spool-braking device configured to brake a spool rotatably attached to a reel body, comprising: first and second side plates being arranged on opposite sides of the reel body; a tubular brake member attached to the first or second side plate, the tubular brake member having a length, a radius, an end having a base extending in a radial direction of the tubular brake member substantially perpendicular to the length of the tubular brake member, and an opening, the brake member being disposed such that the opening is opposed to the spool; a moving member axially non-movably attached to a rotation shaft of the spool, the moving member contacting an inner peripheral surface of the brake member when the moving member is moved towards the brake member by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the spool; and a cover member attached to the first or second side plate, which is attached to the tubular brake member, to prevent water from coming into the brake member from the opening, the first side plate including a first opening, a second opening, and a step, the first opening allowing the spool to an inner periphery of the first opening, the second opening having a diameter greater than that of the first opening, the step being formed between and connects the first opening and the second opening such that the first and second openings communicate with each other, the cover member being attached to the first side plate and being interposed between and held by an end surface of the brake member opposed to the spool and an end surface of the step not opposed to the spool.