Patent ID: 7618003

Claim:
A brake mechanism for a baitcast reel including a main cover, a spool having a spool shaft rotatably connected to the reel, and a centrifugal brake, the centrifugal brake comprising: a shoe housing connected to the spool shaft, rotated together with the spool, and having three pairs of first, second, and third slide grooves radially formed and biased at a specified angle with respect to a center axis thereof; six brake shoes slidably coupled to the first, second, and third slide grooves of the shoe housing; a guide plate coupled to the shoe housing for preventing the brake shoe from escaping from the first, second, and third slide grooves; a brake drum accommodating the shoe housing and the guide plate, and having first, second, and third brake stages of different inner diameters formed on an inner edge and boundary surfaces where the first, second, and third brake stages meet to each other; a brake drum moving portion coupled to the brake drum having a boss protruding from an outer surface at a slant lead angle; a brake housing fixed to the main cover, and having an opened side for receiving the brake drum moving portion and a closed side with through-holes; a spring interposed between the brake drum moving portion and the brake housing; and a knob rotatably coupled to the brake housing, and having guide bosses formed on both sides and penetrating the through-holes to move the brake drum moving portion back and forth.