PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sea squirt separation device that can improve separation efficiency for separating a sea squirt from a sea squirt colony and can reduce a load to the separated sea squirt.SOLUTION: A sea squirt separation device for separating a sea squirt from a clustered sea squirt colony includes: a conical receiving bag 1 a rotating shaft 2 penetrating through the center of the receiving bag 1 multiple blades 3 attached to the rotating shaft 2 a drive unit 4 for rotating the blades 3 and an operation unit 5 for driving the drive unit. The multiple blades 3 has: a first blade 31 of a small diameter where a sea squirt colony X stored in the receiving bag 1 is turned in the receiving bag 1 a second blade 32 having a side edge 32a along the inner surface of the receiving bag 1, and making the sea squirt colony X sandwich between a protrusion 13 and itself and a third blade 33 for making the sea squirt Y separated from the sea squirt colony X and falling in a gap 15 drop from the gap 15 in a lower edge 33b, and lifting the sea squirt colony X again.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、ホヤコロニーからホヤを分離する分離効率を向上させることができ、分離したホヤへの負荷を低減することができるホヤ分離装置を提供する。【解決手段】群生したホヤコロニーからホヤを分離するホヤ分離装置は、すり鉢状の受容容器1と、受容容器1の中心を貫く回転軸2と、回転軸2に取り付けられた複数の羽部3と、羽部3を回転させる駆動装置4と、駆動装置を駆動させる操作部5とを備える。複数の羽部3は、受容容器1内に収容されたホヤコロニーXを受容容器1内で旋回させる小径の第1羽部31と、受容容器1の内面に沿った側端縁32aを有し、凸部13との間にホヤコロニーXを挟み込ませる第2羽部32と、ホヤコロニーXから分離され間隙15に落ち込んだホヤYを下端縁33bで間隙15から落下させると共にホヤコロニーXを再度上昇させる第3羽部33とを有する。【選択図】図1
