Gripper

A gripper comprising:

• at least two gripper arms arranged in a pincer-like manner on a base part so as to be movable relative to one another;
• and
• a cutting device for material to be cut for attachment to a processing machine is formed by a cutting plate which is movable with the aid of a piston-cylinder unit from an active position, in which the cutting plate projects into a receiving space for a material to be cut enclosed by the at least two gripper arms, into an inactive position, in which the cutting plate is retracted in the base part,
• wherein the cutting plate is pivotably mounted on the base part about a first pivot axis perpendicular to the cutting plate, and a cylinder of the piston-cylinder unit is pivotably mounted on the base part about a second pivot axis parallel to the first pivot axis,
• wherein a retractable and extendable piston rod of the piston-cylinder unit is connected to the cutting plate via a driver pin which, in the active position of the cutting plate, rests against an abutment of the base part when the cutting plate is loaded,
• wherein the driver pin is guided via ball bearings in a link guide of the base part, a clear cross-section of which widens in a region of the abutment to ensure a spacing of the ball bearings from a leading cam track of the link guide when the driver pin rests against the abutment.