Patent ID: 8006957

Claim:
A spool shaft support structure for a dual-bearing reel that rotatably supports a spool shaft in a reel unit, the spool shaft having a shaft portion with a spool fixed the shaft portion for winding a fishing line onto the dual-bearing reel, the spool shaft support structure comprising: a first annular portion having an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the shaft portion, the first annular portion being formed on the outer peripheral surface of at least one end portion of the spool shaft; a second annular portion having an outer diameter similar to the outer diameter of the first annular portion, the second annular portion being formed on the outer peripheral surface of the spool shaft and adjacent to the first annular portion so as to define a vacant space on the surface of the spool shaft between the first annular portion and the second annular portion; and a bearing having inner and outer surface portions extending along the axial direction of the spool shaft, the outer surface portion being fixed to the reel unit, and the inner surface portion extending axially across the vacant space to simultaneously support the first annular portion and the second annular portion.