Baling chamber with pivotally mounted conveying unit

A bale forming apparatus for forming a round bale from loose material, the bale forming apparatus comprising:

• a baling chamber arrangement, the baling chamber arrangement having two side walls and a circumferential wall extending between the two side walls;
• and
• a plurality of conveying units for conveying the loose material along the circumferential wall of the baling chamber arrangement,
• wherein the conveying units are mounted at the baling chamber arrangement and the baling chamber arrangement is divided into a fixed chamber part and a movable chamber part, and the movable chamber part is pivotally mounted and can be pivoted with respect to the fixed chamber part,
• wherein the bale forming apparatus is adapted to be operated in a bale forming mode and for being transferred from the bale forming mode to a bale ejecting mode such that the fixed chamber part and the movable chamber part together surround a forming bale in a bale forming chamber and the conveying units convey the material in the forming baling chamber arrangement when the bale forming apparatus is operated in the bale forming mode and the movable chamber part is pivoted away from the fixed chamber part such that an ejecting aperture for ejecting the bale out of the bale forming chamber is formed when the bale forming apparatus is transferred to the bale ejecting mode,
• wherein at least one conveying unit belonging to the plurality of conveying units is mounted at the movable chamber part, extending from one side wall of the two side walls to the other side wall, of the two side walls, and is arranged adjacent to the fixed chamber part,
• wherein the fixed chamber part comprises a receiving aperture adjacent to an edge of the movable chamber part, the receiving aperture extends from one side wall to the other side wall in a plane, the plane being horizontal or sloping angularly downwards at least after the bale forming apparatus is transferred to the bale ejecting mode,
• wherein the bale forming apparatus is arranged such that the adjacent conveying unit engages into the receiving aperture if the bale forming apparatus is operated in the bale forming mode, the bale forming apparatus is further arranged such that transferring the bale forming apparatus to the bale ejecting mode shifts or pivots the adjacent conveying unit out of the receiving aperture such that the receiving aperture becomes a part of the ejecting aperture,
• wherein the adjacent conveying unit is mounted at the movable chamber part such that the adjacent conveying unit can be pivoted with respect to the movable chamber part between a bale forming position in which the pivotally mounted adjacent conveying unit engages into the receiving aperture and contributes to conveying the loose material in the bale forming chamber and a bale releasing position in which the pivotally mounted adjacent conveying unit is positioned beside the ejecting aperture, and
• wherein the pivotally mounted adjacent conveying unit is arranged such that pivoting the pivotally mounted adjacent conveying unit from the bale forming position to the bale releasing position increases a distance between the pivotally mounted adjacent conveying unit and the fixed chamber part, and
• wherein the bale forming apparatus further comprises a tensioning unit, and the tensioning unit is arranged for exerting a tension directed to pivot the pivotally mounted adjacent conveying unit to the bale releasing position.