Patent ID: 8282287

Claim:
A connecting arrangement ( 10 ) for connecting a mowing knife to a mowing knife drive journal ( 12 ), said connecting arrangement ( 10 ) comprising: an annularly configured connecting element ( 16 ) having a circumference; a bearing arrangement ( 18 ) disposed in the connecting element ( 16 ) and configured to mount the connecting element ( 16 ) on a mowing knife drive journal ( 12 ); and a mowing knife carrier ( 14 ) fixed to the connecting element ( 16 ); wherein the connecting element ( 16 ) is configured such that it is uninterruptedly closed over the circumference and forms a bearing ring ( 24 ), said bearing ring being spherically shaped on a radially open polder 09983 inner side relative to a rotation axis ( 25 ′) of the connecting element ( 16 ), said bearing arrangement ( 18 ) comprising a bearing bushing ( 56 ) which is spherically shaped on a radially outer side and is configured to be received in the bearing ring ( 24 ) and for the fastening of the mowing knife carrier ( 14 ) to the connecting element ( 16 ), fastening means ( 44 , 46 , 48 , 94 ) being provided, which engage on the connecting element ( 16 ) radially on the outside, and wherein the bearing ring ( 24 ) comprises recesses ( 36 , 38 ) offset from one another by 180° on the circumference to permit insertion of the bearing bushing ( 56 ) into the bearing ring ( 24 ), said recesses being configured such that the bearing bushing ( 56 ) can be inserted into the bearing ring ( 24 ) while in a position which is tilted by 90° relative to its bearing position.