Patent ID: 8444930

Claim:
An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus connector that connects an endoscope and an endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus, comprising: a cleaning/disinfecting apparatus connection section connected to the endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus; a circulating section, one end of which communicates with the cleaning/disinfecting apparatus connection section, and in which a fluid supplied from the cleaning/disinfecting apparatus circulates; and a discharge section that is provided at another end of the circulating section, is freely connectable to a pipe sleeve of the endoscope and discharges the fluid which passes through the circulating section to the endoscope, wherein the discharge section comprises: a first channel that communicates with the circulating section and discharges the fluid that passes through the circulating section into the pipe sleeve of the endoscope; a second channel that branches from the first channel and discharges the fluid that passes through the circulating section to a periphery of the pipe sleeve of the endoscope; an opening/closing section that is provided at a branch section where the second channel branches from the first channel, is freely expandable/contractible according to a flow rate of the fluid, and expands when the flow rate of the fluid is a predetermined amount or higher to close the second channel.