US 12,116,700 B2
Apparatus for collecting bagworm silk thread and method for producing long bagworm silk thread
Taiyo Yoshioka, Tsukuba (JP); Tsunenori Kameda, Tsukuba (JP); Takahiro Kitamura, Tsukuba (JP); and Akimune Asanuma, Tsukuba (JP)
Assigned to NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION; and KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
Appl. No. 18/000,321
Filed by NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, Tsukuba (JP); and KOWA COMPANY, LTD., Nagoya (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/020819
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/246398, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-096444 (JP), filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220590 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. D01B 7/04 (2006.01); D01F 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC D01B 7/04 (2013.01) [D01F 11/02 (2013.01); D10B 2211/04 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for producing a bagworm silk thread, comprising: a movable loop-shaped rail comprising an accumulator; a fixator configured to fix a bagworm; and an adhesion controller;
wherein the movable loop-shaped rail has a width smaller than the maximum width between the right and left legs of the bagworm fixed with the fixator, and is configured to be held by the legs of the bagworm,
wherein the accumulator is integrally placed on the movable loop-shaped rail, and configured such that the bagworm silk thread spun on the movable loop-shaped rail by the bagworm fixed with the fixator can be cumulated,
wherein the fixator is placed at a position such that the bagworm fixed can hold the movable loop-shaped rail, and
wherein the adhesion controller stores an adhesion control solution, and is configured such that the bagworm silk thread spun on the movable loop-shaped rail is brought in contact with the adhesion control solution,
the apparatus further comprising one or more peeling containers,
wherein the peeling container is configured to store a peeling solution and/or vapor for peeling the bagworm silk thread from the accumulator, and placed at a position such that the whole or a part of the accumulator can be brought in contact with the peeling solution and/or the vapor in the peeling container.