Gripper for order-picking apparatus

A gripper for storing and retrieving small piece goods into or from a picking apparatus, comprising:

• a delivery table extending in a first horizontal direction and a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction and having at least one storage and retrieval end face;
• and
• a gripping jaw guide arrangement having two elongate gripping jaws arranged above the delivery table, extending in the first direction, the gripping jaw guide arrangement being movable in the first direction, and at least one of the gripping jaws being movable in the second direction,
• wherein at least one of the gripping jaws has an at least partially elastic longitudinal guide with a free end portion facing away from the gripping jaw guide arrangement, and an opposite fastening end portion, as well as a gripping jaw cord which extends in an untensioned state in parallel along a portion of the elastic longitudinal guide,
• wherein a first end portion of the gripping jaw cord is fastened to the free end portion of the elastic longitudinal guide, and a second end portion of the gripping jaw cord is coupled to a traction means arranged on the fastening end portion in such a manner that the gripping jaw cord can be moved in the first direction, wherein a movement of the gripping jaw cord in the first direction causes a movement of the free end portion of the elastic longitudinal guide in the second direction.