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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1995
Akira Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroki Hibino, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshikatsu Nagayama, deceased, late of Sagamihara, JP;
Akemi Nagayama, heiress, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yuuki Nagayama, heir, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Motokazu Nakamura, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A curvature section provided in an insertable section is curved in response to a curving instructing signal output by the operation of a curving operating switch. In case the curving operating switch is of a joy stick type having an operating lever, in response to the operation of a switching switch, a mode in which the inclination angle of the operating lever is held and a mode in which the inclination angle of the operating lever is returned to a neutral position in which it is zero will be switched and the curvature section will be of a curvature angle following the inclination angle of the operating lever. In case the curving operating switch is of a joy pad type comprising a plurality of on/off switches, in response to the operation of the switching switch, the curvature instructing signal will be held or reset.