Patent ID: 7758704

Claim:
An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus, comprising: a cleaning tub disposed on a body of the disinfecting apparatus and stores an endoscope; a chemical solution tank disposed in the body of the disinfecting apparatus and configured to store a germicide obtained by mixing a basis, a buffering agent, and water as a diluent; a chemical solution collection pipe connecting the cleaning tub and the chemical solution tank; a chemical solution pipe disposed between the chemical solution tank and the cleaning tub, the chemical solution pipe supplying the germicide in the chemical solution tank to the cleaning tub; a chemical solution supply pipe having a first end communicating with the chemical solution tank; a mouth placement part provided on a second end of the chemical solution supply pipe; a feed pipe supplying the water into the cleaning tub and the chemical solution tank; a germicide bottle tray including: a storage part which can be drawn from the body of the cleaning/disinfecting apparatus and stores a bottle body for storing the basis and a second bottle body for storing the buffering agent, alternatively; and a detection portion outputting a detection signal when the bottle body is stored in the storage part, the detection portion having a first detection portion adapted for detecting whether the bottle body is stored in the storage part, and a second detection portion adapted to distinguish whether the bottle body stored in the storage part is the first bottle body or the second bottle body, the germicide bottle tray disposed for guiding a mouth of the bottle body stored in the storage part, by pressing back the germicide bottle tray, to the mouth placement part; and a control unit adapted for performing control, based on the detection signal outputted from the detection portion, so that the germicide is prepared by mixing the basis, the buffering agent, and the diluent.