Wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in gyoza forming machine

A wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in a gyoza forming machine for compressing a half kneaded noodle skin raw material to form into a belt-like shape, die cutting the obtained belt-like material into a predetermined shape to form a gyoza skin, putting a gyoza filling on the gyoza skin, and wrapping the gyoza filling with the gyoza skin to obtain a gyoza, wherein the wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus comprises:

• a cutting unit which sequentially cuts a belt-like wrap off-cuts after being die cut into a wrap off-cuts piece having a predetermined length via a feeding unit thereof,
• a supply unit for the half kneaded noodle skin raw material to which the wrap off-cuts piece cut by the cutting unit is continuously supplied while dropping, and
• a noodle belt forming unit which compresses the wrap off-cuts piece and the noodle skin raw material mixed within the supply unit to form a one-layer new noodle belt, and wherein the gyoza forming machine is configured to return the wrap off-cuts piece obtained by cutting the die cut belt-like wrap off-cuts of the new noodle belt formed by the noodle belt forming unit by the cutting unit to the supply unit for the half kneaded noodle skin raw material,
• wherein the gyoza forming machine is configured to return the wrap off-cuts piece obtained by cutting the die cut belt-like wrap off-cuts of the new noodle belt formed by the noodle belt forming unit by the cutting unit to the supply unit for the half kneaded noodle skin raw material, and
• wherein the feeding unit includes a driving roller which is arranged at a front position, a driven roller which is arranged at a rear position, an endless conveyor belt which is wound between both the rollers, a support plate which is arranged along a lower surface of an upper horizontal portion of the conveyor belt, and a pressing roller and a lifting roller which bring the upper horizontal portion and a lower horizontal portion of the conveyor belt into contact with or nearly in contact with both upper and lower surfaces of the support plate near a rear side of the conveyor belt.