PURPOSE: To provide a caster with a brake serving as either of a fixed wheel or a turned wheel for a carrier in wide application by preventing the twisting of a braking member even if a wheel is turned when the braking member is remote-controlled from the handle of the carrier, etc.

CONSTITUTION: A braking member 5 which penetrates the center of a supporting shaft 1 has the lower end connected to the rotationally moving end of a brake shoe 6 which is formed to always give braking force to a wheel 4 through a spring energized. The braking member 5 us available in the form of a wire or a rod.