Patent ID: 7753304

Claim:
A lever drag type dual-bearing reel constructed to wind a fishing line around an axis transverse to a longitudinal direction of a fishing rod, the lever drag type dual-bearing reel comprising: a spool including a line winding body portion constructed to have a fishing line wound around the outer peripheral surface of the spool, a first cylindrical flange portion and a second cylindrical flange portion arranged on opposite ends of the line winding body portion, the diameter of the first and the second cylindrical flange portions being larger than the diameter of the line winding body portion; a spool shaft configured and arranged to rotatably support the spool; a drag mechanism including a brake disk that cannot rotate in a line reel-out direction, a friction disk attached to the first flange portion and constructed to rotate integrally with the spool so as to engage and disengage from the brake disk, and a moving mechanism configured to move the friction disk along an axial direction of the spool shaft relative to the brake disk; a drag adjusting lever configured to rotate about the spool shaft and arranged to adjust a drag force produced by the drag mechanism by controlling the moving mechanism; and a reel unit supporting the spool, the spool shaft, the drag mechanism, and the drag adjusting lever, the reel unit including a first end member with a first opening to receive the first flange portion, the first opening having an edge surface with a first facing portion facing towards the outer peripheral surface of the first flange portion, the first facing portion and the outer peripheral surface of the first flange portion defining a gap having an axial length shorter than the axial length of the outer peripheral surface of the first flange portion, and a first escape portion having a diameter larger than that of the first facing portion and arranged within the inner peripheral surface of the first end member, the first escape portion being arranged to overlap the first flange portion in the axial direction, and a second end member arranged opposite to the first end member with a second opening to receive the second flange portion, the second opening having an edge surface with a second facing portion facing towards the outer peripheral surface of the second flange portion, the second facing portion and the outer peripheral surface of the second flange portion defining a gap having an axial length shorter than the axial length of the outer peripheral surface of the second flange portion, and a second escape portion having a diameter larger than that of the second facing portion and arranged within the inner peripheral surface of the second end member, the second escape portion being arranged to overlap the second flange portion in the axial direction.