PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope that can surely obtain a desired adhesive strength at a thread wound part by making sure that no air bubbles are generated in an adhesive layer at the thread wound part.SOLUTION: The endoscope 1 is configured such that, at the thread wound part, while a thread member 51 is wound around the outer periphery of an outer skin 43 that is a portion to be wound such that adjacent parts of the thread member are closed up along the winding axis direction of the thread member 51, the thread member 51 is wound around the outer skin 43 to provide contact portions where adjacent parts of the thread members wound around the outer skin 43 make contact with each other, and spaced portions where adjacent parts of the thread members are spaced apart from each other.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】糸巻き部における接着剤層中に空気の泡ができないようにして、糸巻き部において所望の接着強度を確実に得られる内視鏡を提供する。【解決手段】内視鏡1は、糸巻き部において、糸部材51の巻回軸方向に沿って隣り合う糸部材部分を詰めて糸部材51を被巻回部である外皮43の外周に巻回した状態において、外皮43に巻回された隣り合う糸部材部分が接触している接触部分と、隣り合う糸部材部分が離間している離間部分とを有するように、糸部材51が外皮43に巻回されている。【選択図】図4
