To provide an endoscope washing/sterilizing device having a constitution which surely prevents the deformation of at least one of a rotating roller and a guide member resulting from a washing brush under an unused state from occurring, and at the same time, facilitates visual check of the state in the washing brush unit.
This washing brush unit 20 is equipped with a driving roller 34, a guide member 35, and a fixing member 36. In this case, the driving roller 34 feeds/returns the washing brush 100 between a washing brush housing chamber and a duct. The guide member 35 pinches the washing brush 100 with the driving roller 34 at a pinching contact position. The fixing member 36 fixes the guide member 35 at a separated position away from the driving roller 34 when the washing brush unit 20 is not fitted on the device main body. The device main body is equipped with a release pin which releases the positional fixation by the fixing means 36 and moves the guide member 35 to the pinching contact position when the washing brush unit 20 is fitted on the device main body.
COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
SUZUKI HIDEMICHI
SUZUKI SHINTARO
OGAWA AKIHISA
HASEGAWA JUN
NOGUCHI TOSHIAKI
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