Assembly having a mowing finger and a holding-down element

An assembly comprising:

• a mowing finger with a bottom part, a top part, and a blade gap between the bottom part and top part, said bottom part including a support for a blade of a cutter received in the blade gap;
• a fixing bolt for jointly securing a rear attaching end of the bottom part and a rear attaching end of the top part to a back bar and said bottom part and top part being connected to one another at their front ends positioned in front of the blade gap;
• a holding-down element including a rear fixing portion, and a front supporting portion comprising, a supporting face, and a holding member form-fittingly held at the top part of the mowing finger in the two directions of movement of the cutter, said fixing portion of the holding-down element serving to be jointly fixed with the bottom part and the top part of the mowing finger to the back bar and said supporting portion arranged in the blade gap for contacting and supporting, in a planar way, said cutter to prevent said cutter from escaping from the support.