| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus of manufacturing a flexible tube for endoscope, which is simple in structure and in which a plurality of coated flexible tubes can be arranged to be rotated in a heating furnace to thermally treat many coated flexible tubes simultaneously. SOLUTION: The apparatus 1 of manufacturing the flexible tube is provided with holders 20 to which the plurality of coated flexible tubes 10 are attached, the heating furnace 3 provided with a holder arranging part 81 where a plurality of holders 20 are arranged inside, and a rotating device 30 for turning the coated flexible tubes 10 attached to the holder 20 arranged at the holder arranging part 81 and the holder 20 arranged at a prescribed position outside the furnace 3, respectively, to the rotating state. Then, the holder 20 is provided with a thin and long shaft part 21, a fixed side holding plate 22a fixed to the shaft part 21 and provided with a hook 25 for holding one end side of the coated flexible tube 10, a moving side holding plate 22b freely slidably arranged at the shaft part 21 and provided with a load adjusting part 29 opposing the hook 25, a gear part 23 fixed to the prescribed position on one end side of the shaft part 21, and a pair of rotary rollers 24 arranged at both end parts of the shaft part 21 for freely rotatably supporting the shaft part 21. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |
