Continuous baler

A continuous baler for forming bales of crop, the baler comprising:

• (i) a collection unit at a front end of the baler, the collection unit being configured for collecting the crop from a ground on which the continuous baler travels;
• (ii) a baling half chamber located behind the collection unit, configured to receive the crop from the collection unit and comprising two first walls and a plurality of first horizontal rollers parallel to each other and disposed between the two first walls along a first arcuate path along a vertical plane;
• (iii) a movable section located aft of the baling half chamber, the movable section comprising a front half chamber on a front side of the movable section and a rear half chamber on a rear side thereof;
• the front half chamber comprising two second walls and a plurality of second horizontal rollers parallel to each other and to the first horizontal rollers, and disposed between the two second walls along a second arcuate path along a vertical plane;
• the rear half chamber comprising two third walls and a plurality of third horizontal rollers parallel to each other, and disposed between the two third walls along a third arcuate path along a vertical plane;
• (iv) a tying half chamber located behind the movable section and comprising:
• two fourth walls which are opposing side walls of the tying chamber;
• and
• a gate located behind the fourth walls, the gate comprising two fifth walls and a plurality of fourth horizontal rollers parallel to each other and to the third horizontal rollers, and disposed along a fourth arcuate vertical path between the two fifth walls, the gate being hinged via a first hinge to a top section of each of the fourth walls;
• (v) a binding unit located in the rear half chamber or in the tying half chamber;
• wherein:
• the movable section is movable between an open mode and a closed mode thereof;
• in the closed mode of the movable section, the baling half chamber and the front half chamber of the movable section are joined to form a substantially cylindrical baling chamber in which the first arcuate path of the first rollers and the second arcuate path of the second rollers form together a first circular path;
• the baling chamber is configured to rotate the crop received from the collection unit inside the cylindrical baling chamber in order to form a cylindrical bale;
• in the open mode of the movable section, the front half chamber is moved away from the baling half chamber, thereby opening the baling chamber and enabling passage of the bale into the tying half chamber;
• in the closed mode of the movable section, the tying half chamber and the rear half chamber of the movable section are joined to form a tying chamber in which the third arcuate path of the third rollers and the fourth arcuate path of the fourth rollers form a second circular path, when the gate is closed;
• the tying chamber is configured to cause the bale to rotate about the bale's cylindrical axis while activating the binding unit to bind the bale;
• the gate is configured for opening by swinging about the first hinge thereof to release the bale out of the baler, after the bale is bound.