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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1987
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope comprising an elongated insertable part, a rigid tip body provided in the tip part of the insertable part and having an observing window and illuminating window, an observing means for observing an object to be imaged by receiving a light from the object incident from the observing window and an illuminating means emitting an illuminating light from the illuminating window, wherein the insertable part has a removably fitted tubular outer cover covering the outer periphery of this insertable part, an annular fixing member fixing the outer cover in the tip part to the tip body is secured to the outer periphery of the tip body and has a slit provided in the axial direction and further a cuttable connecting part connecting the slit in the direction intersecting the axial direction is provided.