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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Sasa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1341 / ; 134102 ; 128-4 ;
Abstract
A device for cleaning an endoscope includes a communication member which is inserted into an air and water supply cylinder of the endoscope after removing a changeover piston from the cylinder. The communication member is movable between first and second positions and has a through-hole. Through the through-hole, the upper side portion of a water supply passage is communicated with the lower side portion of an air supply passage when the communication member is in the first position, and the upper side portion of the air supply passage is communicated with the lower side portion of the air supply passage when the communication member is in the second position.