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

1 . 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,

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 cutting unit for the belt-like wrap off-cuts includes a rotary blade and a rotating roller which are arranged in an opposing manner so as to cut across the vertically dropping belt-like wrap off-cuts at intervals in a vertical direction while holding the vertically dropping belt-like wrap off-cuts from both surfaces, and

wherein a scraper is arranged below the rotary blade and the rotating roller, the scraper scraping off noodle dregs which are attached to a leading end of a plate blade in the rotary blade and an outer periphery surface of the rotating roller.

2 . 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.

3 . The wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in the gyoza forming machine according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of die cutting holes for the gyoza skin are open to the endless conveyor belt at uniform intervals.

4 . The wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in the gyoza forming machine according to claim 2 , wherein through holes for the gyoza skin having a same shape and a same size as a shape and size of the die cutting holes in the conveyor belt are open to the support plate in the die cutting unit at the rear of the support plate.

5 . The wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in the gyoza forming machine according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of locking projections are provided in a protruding manner at uniform intervals on outer peripheries of both ends of the driving roller, and a plurality of locking holes locked to the locking projections are pierced at uniform intervals in both sides of the endless conveyor belt, so that the conveyor belt is rotated in a same direction as the driving roller.

6 . The wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in the gyoza forming machine according to claim 4 , wherein the die cutting unit includes a cover which is covered from above in the vicinity of a rear side of the feeding unit and is open in a lower end thereof, a base plate which is fixed to an approximately center portion in the cover, and a punching die which is arranged below the base plate so as to be movable up and down.

7 . The wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in the gyoza forming machine according to claim 6 , wherein the punching die is configured to transfer the belt-like wrap off-cuts to a front side of the feeding unit, a plurality of punching holes are formed on the belt-like wrap off-cuts at uniform intervals, the plurality of punching holes are obtained by die cutting the new noodle belt mounted on the upper surface of the conveyor belt while sequentially inserting the punching die into and extracting the punching die from the through holes in the support plate of the feeding unit and the die cutting holes passing through both the upper and lower surfaces of the conveyor belt in the cover.

8 . The wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in the gyoza forming machine according to claim 6 , wherein the punching die is configured to transfer the gyoza skin to the gyoza forming machine waiting below the die cutting unit, the gyoza skin being obtained by die cutting the new noodle belt mounted on the upper surface of the conveyor belt while sequentially inserting the punching die into and extracting the punching die from the through holes in the support plate of the feeding unit and the die cutting holes passing through both the upper and lower surfaces of the conveyor belt in the cover.