Loom with band-mounted grippers comprising at least one gripper band as well as a guide

A rapier loom comprising at least one rapier for driving a gripper which is held by fastening means and of which the center of gravity is situated above the top side of the rapier, further comprising a batten which supports a reed and on which are mounted guiding means comprising guiding surfaces for the rapier, which are associated with the side of the topside of the rapier away from the reed, with the bottom side of the rapier and with the side surfaces of a downward-projecting rib, and wherein the guiding surface of the guiding means associated with the top side of the rapier extends over more than one third the width of the rapier and in that the fastening means of the gripper are mounted offset to the longitudinal center plane of the rapier in the direction towards the reed.