摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for cooling a light source for endoscopes which efficiently cools a heating element such as a light source lamp and has a high cooling capacity and a low noise level. <P>SOLUTION: This device for cooling the light source for endoscopes is equipped with a box-shaped body 41 which has openings at opposing positions and a straightaway air passage formed between the openings, a heat sink 40 for peripheral devices with a plurality of radiating fins 42 which are protruded in the box-shaped body 41 and extend in parallel along the air passage, and both an air suction fan 51 and an exhaust fan 52 for taking in ambient air from one of the openings, making the ambient air pass through the air passage, and exhausting the air from the other opening at both openings of the box-shaped body 41. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |