PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope capable of shortening the length of a hard part of the tip of an insertion part.SOLUTION: AN endoscope 30 includes: a tip constituting member 40 constituting a tip 32 of an insertion part 31 and a tip curved piece 70 disposed on the outer covering of the tip constituting member 40 to surround the base end part of the tip constituting member 40. The endoscope includes: a projecting part 81 provided on the piece inner peripheral surface 72 of the top curved piece 70 to project from the piece inner peripheral surface 72 to the interior by a predetermined amount and a recessed part 85 provided on the tip constituting member 40 to store the projecting part 81 provided on the tip curved piece 70 and having an abut surface 86 on which the tip surface 84 of the stored projecting part 81 abuts.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】挿入部の先端部分の硬質長の短縮化を図ることが可能な内視鏡を提供すること。【解決手段】内視鏡30は、挿入部31の先端部32を構成する先端構成部材40と、先端構成部材40の基端部を囲繞するように先端構成部材40の外装に配置される先端湾曲駒70と、を備え、先端湾曲駒70の駒内周面72に設けられ、駒内周面72から内部に予め定めた量突出した凸部81と、先端構成部材40に設けられ、先端湾曲駒70の備える凸部81を収容し、収容した凸部81の先端面84が当接する当接面86を有する凹部85と、を備えている。【選択図】図4
