Abstract: The endoscope includes: an insertion part having a distal end surface provided on a distal end side to be inserted into a subject; an observation window that is provided in the distal end surface and that is used to observe an inside of the subject; a fluid jetting nozzle that is provided in the distal end surface and that jets a fluid toward the observation window; and a forceps port that is provided in the distal end surface and that is used to lead out a treatment tool or to suck the fluid. The distal end surface has water repellency in a nozzle facing region provided between the fluid jetting nozzle and the observation window, and has hydrophilicity in a forceps port adjacent region provided on a side opposite to the nozzle facing region with the forceps port interposed therebetween.

Abstract: An optical unit includes: a cylindrical member whose thickness varies in a circumferential direction; a transparent member disposed at one end, in an axial direction, of the cylindrical member; and a joining member which joins the transparent member to the cylindrical member and thereby seals the cylindrical member at the one end in the axial direction, and a portion, joining a side surface of the transparent member to an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical member, of the joining member is thicker at a position where the cylindrical member is thick than at a position where the cylindrical member is thin.

Abstract: An optical unit includes: a cylindrical member whose thickness varies in a circumferential direction; a transparent member disposed at one end, in an axial direction, of the cylindrical member; and a joining member which joins the transparent member to the cylindrical member and thereby seals the cylindrical member at the one end in the axial direction, and a portion, joining a side surface of the transparent member to an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical member, of the joining member is thicker at a position where the cylindrical member is thick than at a position where the cylindrical member is thin.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a skin for foamed product involves the steps of: (a) not only preparing a plurality of flat skin forming pieces 2 to 5 by defining a skin 13 for covering an annular foamed body Y into a plurality of skins in radial directions and flatly developing the thus defined skins 131 to 134 while cutting apart at a single position along a circumference, and forming an opening 2a on a single skin surface out of these flat skin forming pieces; (b) overlapping adjacent flat skin forming pieces in such a manner that decorated surfaces of the skin forming pieces confront each other to thereby form a skin body 6 while joining side edges of the flat skin forming pieces 2 to 5 together; and (c) reversing the skin body 6 so that the front side thereof faces outward, joining diametrically opposite portions of both opening end edges of the skin body after such opening end edges have been pulled out of the opening 2a inside out, and pushing the joined opposite portions back through the opening 2a to there