Patent ID: 8226547

Claim:
An endoscope comprising: an insertion portion including a bending portion, a distal hard portion provided at the distal end of the bending portion and including a main body; a resin tubular covering member covering a covering target part in the insertion portion including the bending portion, the covering member including a first end and a second end each having an end face; a fastening member which is wound around the outer periphery of at least the first end of the covering member and which fastens the first end to the covering target part; an insulating cover covering the distal side of the main body of the insertion portion; and a contact surface which is formed at the rear end of the insulating cover, and which is placed in contact with the end face of the first end of the covering member, wherein the contact surface of the insulating cover and the end face of the first end of the covering member include tapered inclined surface portions with a given inclination angle which are inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to an outer peripheral surface of the covering target part, and the inclined surface portions come into contact with each other.