Patent ID: 8840733

Claim:
An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus comprising: a medicinal solution storage portion configured to store a medicinal solution; a cleaning/disinfecting tank in which an endoscope is cleaned and disinfected, the cleaning/disinfecting tank being arranged at a higher position than the medicinal solution storage portion; a medicinal solution supplying conduit configured to allow the medicinal solution to pass from the medicinal solution storage portion to the cleaning/disinfecting tank, the medicinal solution supplying conduit having one end communicating with the medicinal solution storage portion and the other end opening toward the cleaning/disinfecting tank; a medicinal solution supplying member configured to be driven so as to feed the medicinal solution in a gravity-defying flow direction from the medicinal solution storage portion to the cleaning/disinfecting tank through the medicinal solution supplying conduit; a medicinal solution receiving member provided inside the medicinal solution supplying conduit and arranged such that a part of the medicinal solution supplying conduit is located on an upper side of the medicinal solution receiving member in a gravity direction, the medicinal solution receiving member and the part of the medicinal solution supplying conduit forming a medicinal solution remaining portion; and a medicinal solution collecting port configured to be openable/closable by a lid body, and provided at a position between the medicinal solution remaining portion and the opening of the other end in the medicinal solution supplying conduit, the medicinal solution collecting port being a separate opening from the opening of the other end in the medicinal solution supplying conduit, wherein the medicinal solution receiving member is a check valve configured to allow the medicinal solution flowing from the medicinal solution storage portion to the cleaning/disinfecting tank to pass and configured to receive a part of the medicinal solution fed from the medicinal solution storage portion to the cleaning/disinfecting tank, the part of the medicinal solution being fallen down by gravity without being supplied from the opening of the other end to the cleaning/disinfecting tank due to a stop of driving of the medicinal solution supplying member.