Repairing method for endoscope and endoscope infrared heating system
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1. A repairing method for an endoscope comprising:
- inserting a repair part of at least one endoscope having a resin material applied to an outer peripheral surface thereof into a cylindrical heating element;
causing the heating element to generate heat by supplying power to the heating element in order to radiate infrared rays from the heating element toward the center of the cylinder; and
drying/hardening the resin material at the repair part by using the infrared rays radiated from the heating element.
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Abstract
A repairing method for an endoscope includes inserting into a cylindrical heating element a repair part of at least one endoscope having a resin material applied on an outer peripheral surface of the endoscope, causing the heating element to generate heat by supplying power to the heating element in order to radiate infrared rays from the heating element toward the center of the cylinder, and drying/hardening the resin material in the repair part by using the infrared rays radiated from the heating element.
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1. A repairing method for an endoscope comprising:
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inserting a repair part of at least one endoscope having a resin material applied to an outer peripheral surface thereof into a cylindrical heating element;
causing the heating element to generate heat by supplying power to the heating element in order to radiate infrared rays from the heating element toward the center of the cylinder; and
drying/hardening the resin material at the repair part by using the infrared rays radiated from the heating element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A repairing method for an endoscope comprising:
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causing a cylindrical heating element to generate heat by supplying power to the heating element through a controller in order to radiate infrared rays from the heating element toward the center of the cylinder;
detecting a temperature in an inner hole of the heating element by a temperature sensor and transmitting temperature data to the controller;
adjusting a heat quantity of the heating element by the controller based on temperature data detected by the temperature sensor;
inserting a repair part of at least one endoscope having a resin material applied to an outer peripheral surface thereof into the heating element; and
drying/hardening the resin material in the repair part by using the infrared rays radiated from the heating element while maintaining a temperature in the inner hole of the heating element at a predetermined temperature. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A repairing method for an endoscope comprising:
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arranging an integument at a repair part of at least one endoscope;
binding each of a distal and proximal end portions of the integument by using a thread;
applying a resin material from the outer side of the thread used for binding;
inserting the repair part of the endoscope into a cylindrical heating element;
causing the heating element to generate heat by supplying power to the heating element in order to radiate infrared rays from the heating element toward the center of the cylinder; and
drying/hardening the resin material in the repair part by using the infrared rays radiated from the heating element. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A repairing method for an endoscope comprising:
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applying to a repair part of at least one endoscope a resin material for a coat layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the repair part;
inserting the repair part of the endoscope into a cylindrical heating element;
causing the heating element to generate heat by supplying power to the heating element in order to radiate infrared rays from the heating element toward the center of the cylinder; and
drying/hardening the resin material in the repair part by using the infrared rays radiated from the heating element. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A repairing method for an endoscope comprising:
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filling a damaged part of a flexible tube of an endoscope with a resin material having a softening point which is substantially equivalent to a softening point of a resin material forming the flexible tube in order to form a repair part; and
causing a cylindrical heating element to generate heat by supplying power to the heating element in a state that the repair part is being inserted in the heating element in order to radiate infrared rays from the heating element toward the center of the cylinder, and integrating the repair part by heating and softening the repair part to a temperature equal to or above a softening point temperature of each resin material, thereby securing the resin material in the repair part to the flexible tube.
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17. A repairing method for an endoscope comprising:
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filling a damaged part of a flexible tube of an endoscope with a resin material having a softening point which is substantially equivalent to a softening point of a resin material forming the flexible tube in order to form a repair part;
causing a cylindrical heating element to generate heat by supplying power to the heating element in order to radiate infrared rays from the heating element toward the center of the cylinder; and
inserting the repair part into the heating element heated by the infrared rays, and integrating the repair part by heating an softening the repair part to a temperature equal to or above a softening point temperature of each resin material in the repair part by using the infrared rays radiated from the heating element, thereby securing the resin material in the repair part to the flexible tube.
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18. An endoscope infrared heating system comprising:
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an endoscope holding jig which holds the vicinity of a repair part of an endoscope having a resin material applied to an outer peripheral surface of the endoscope; and
a drying furnace which heats the resin material in the repair part by radiating infrared rays thereto in a state that the vicinity of the repair part is held by the jig. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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