Patent ID: 7789222

Claim:
A proofer comprising: a proofer chamber; and, an endless dough conveyor at least a part of which is disposed in the proofer chamber, the endless dough conveyor including: a pair of resin endless toothed belts mutually spaced in the horizontal direction; resin toothed pulleys around which the resin endless toothed belts are engaged; dough holding members disposed between and successively arranged along the pair of endless toothed belts, the dough holding members extending perpendicularly to the direction in which dough is conveyed; connecting members attached to the endless toothed belts for detachably connecting opposite ends of the respective dough holding members to the endless toothed belt; resin rollers rotatably attached to the connecting members; and, a pair of rails disposed along horizontal moving paths of the rollers which extend between the opposite ends of the dough holding members and the pair of resin endless toothed belts, respectively, for supporting the rollers moving along the horizontal moving paths; wherein the rail includes a metal rail body, and a roller engaging member made of resin and attached to the rail body so as to support the roller; the roller has at opposite ends thereof flanges each having an inclined surface, the inclined surfaces of the flanges extending in a diverging fashion from a surface of the roller; and, the roller engaging member of the rail is configured to be engaged with the inclined surfaces of the flanges at a position away from the surface of the roller.