PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope having a configuration capable of shortening the distal end while sufficiently securing an inner space while attempting the narrowing of a diameter on the distal end side of an insertion part.SOLUTION: The endoscope includes: a cover member 10 a groove 11 formed in the peripheral face 10g of the cover member 10 along the peripheral direction holes 25, 26 which are located at least two places in the peripheral direction of the groove 11 and communicate with the interior of the cover member 10 a bending portion 3b in which the distal end side of a bending tube 32 is fitted in the proximal end 10k of the cover member 10 and the distal end 30s of a flexible tube member 30 hits the proximal end 10k of the cover member 10 and a loop-shaped puller wire 50 wound around the groove 11 so as to enter the groove 11 from within the cover member 10 through the hole 25 at one end in the cover member 10 and enter the cover member 10 from the groove 11 through the hole 26 at the other end.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】挿入部先端側の細径化を図りながら内部空間を十分に確保しつつ、先端部を短くすることができる構成を有する内視鏡を提供する。【解決手段】カバー部材10と、カバー部材10の外周面10gにおいて、周方向に沿って形成された溝11と、溝11の周方向における少なくとも2箇所に位置する、カバー部材10の内部に連通する孔25,26と、湾曲管32の先端側が、カバー部材10の基端10k内に嵌合され、軟性チューブ部材30の先端30sが、カバー部材10の基端10kに突き当てられた湾曲部3bと、ループ形状を有する、カバー部材10において、一端の孔25を介してカバー部材10内から溝11に進入するとともに、他端の孔26を介して溝11からカバー部材10内に進入するよう溝11に巻き付けられた牽引ワイヤ50と、を具備している。【選択図】図3
