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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Ibaraki, JP;
Taiyo Yoshioka, Ibaraki, JP;
Tsunenori Kameda, Ibaraki, JP;
NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
A thread collecting method for easily and simply collecting a bagworm-derived pure silk thread from a bagworm with a small number of processes and a thread collecting device for implementing the thread collecting method are developed and provided. A device that collects a silk thread from a bagworm is provided, the device including: a container that accommodates the bagworm; and an in-and-out hole through which the bagworm is put in and taken out of the container. A width of a maximum short axis cross section of an inner space of the container is in a range from 1.2 times or more to less than 3.1 times relative to a maximum body width of the bagworm being accommodated.