Connecting arrangement for connecting a mowing knife to a mowing knife drive journal

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.