Patent ID: 6932761

Claim:
An electrically-bent endoscope, comprising: a motor for generating a driving force; a gear train for transmitting the driving force generated by the motor, the gear train having a plurality of gears; a converting member for converting the driving force of the motor to a back and forth movement of a bending operation member for bending a bending portion provided at an inserting portion, the converting member and a final level of the gear train being mounted about a common axis; a transmitting member for connecting and disconnecting the gear train and the converting member, the driving force being transmitted from the final level of the gear train to the converting member when the transmitting member is connected to the gear train and the converting member; a thrust mechanism for moving the transmitting member in an axial direction of the axis; and an operating member, connected to the thrust mechanism, for inputting instructions for connecting and disconnecting between the gear train and the converting member.