Patent ID: 8088064

Claim:
An endoscope apparatus comprising: an endoscope including an endoscope connector in one end portion; and a control apparatus that controls the endoscope, the control apparatus including: a case having an opening; a control-apparatus connector in an inner part of the opening, the control-apparatus connector adapted to be connected with the endoscope connector; a connector cover attached to be slidable between a closed position where the control-apparatus connector is covered and an opened position where the control-apparatus connector is exposed, the opened position being located below the closed position, wherein the connector cover includes a press projection that is formed integrally with the connector cover, that is substantially perpendicular to a slide direction, projecting toward an outside of the case, and that is formed in accordance with the endoscope connector; and an urging member that urges the connector cover from the opened position to the closed position, wherein, when the endoscope connector is placed on the press projection and pressed down, the connector cover is moved from the closed position to the opened position against an urging force of the urging member, so as to enable the endoscope connector to be connected with the control-apparatus connector through the opening, a surface of the press projection, which faces the endoscope connector when the endoscope connector is connected with the control-apparatus connector, is concave, wherein the case integrally comprises, above the opening, a guide piece that extends upwardly from the opening and guides the endoscope connector toward the press projection, and a peak portion that is disposed on the case and above the opening and the guide piece, and projects in a direction that is perpendicular to the slide direction.