To provide a cleaning apparatus for a laver dehydrating sponge capable of realizing higher operation efficiency and higher cleaning effects than the prior art regarding cleaning of the laver dehydrating sponge.SOLUTION: A cleaning apparatus 1A for a laver dehydrating sponge, including a cleaning cage 11A that holds a laver dehydrating sponge F and a cleaning room 10a that stores a cleaning liquid in a state in which the cleaning cage is housed, performs cleaning by immersing plural laver dehydrating sponges in the cleaning liquid in a state in which they are held in the cleaning cage. A microbubble supplying section 20 is connected to the cleaning room, the microbubble supplying section serving as microbubble generating means that generates and supplies microbubbles, and the cleaning is performed while the microbubble supplying section supplies the microbubbles into the cleaning liquid of the cleaning room.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】海苔脱水用スポンジの洗浄について、従来よりも高い作業効率と優れた洗浄効果を実現できる海苔脱水用スポンジの洗浄装置の提供。【解決手段】海苔脱水用スポンジＦを保持する洗浄カゴ１１Ａと、洗浄カゴを収装した状態で洗浄液を貯める洗浄室１０ａとを備え、複数枚の海苔脱水用スポンジを洗浄カゴに保持した状態で洗浄液に浸漬して洗浄を行う海苔脱水用スポンジの洗浄装置１Ａであって、その洗浄室にはマイクロバブルを生成して供給するマイクロバブル生成手段としてのマイクロバブル供給部２０が接続されており、マイクロバブル供給部で洗浄室の洗浄液中にマイクロバブルを供給しながら洗浄を行う海苔脱水用スポンジの洗浄装置。【選択図】図１
