Gripper for a bottle capping machine

A gripper for capping machines, in particular multi-head capping machines, intended for screwing a cap onto a container, in particular a bottle, said container is adapted to being capped, in particular has a threaded neck for being capped, where said gripper comprises:

• a body capable of revolving on the axis of rotation, and at least two levers adapted to taking at least two different positions:
• the first position in which it is possible to insert a cap between the gripper levers;
• the second position in which the cap is locked between the gripper levers at least rotationally;
• wherein at least one moving guiding shackle hinge-is mounted to the body and at least one lever which is slidingly mounted to the gripper body by means of a guide enabling movement of the lever in a horizontal direction, perpendicular to the axis of the gripper, and the end of the guiding shackle is slidingly and rotatably mounted to the at least one lever.