Rapier for a rapier loom

Receiving gripper for a rapier weaving machine, comprising a gripper fitted at its front end with a clamping hook which comprises a clamping surface and which is associated with a mating clamp face of a head of a two-arm lever supported in pivotable manner about a pivot pin, wherein the head includes a distal end face and wherein the distal end face of the head and the clamping hook are fitted with mutually engaging guide elements guiding the head of the lever in the circumferential direction relative to the pivot pin of the lever and further wherein the guide elements of the clamping hook extend substantially concentrically with the pivot pin of the lever.

Receiving gripper for a rapier weaving machine, comprising a gripper fitted at its front end with a clamping hook which comprises a clamping surface and which is associated with a mating clamp face of a head of a two-arm lever supported in pivotable manner about a pivot pin, wherein the head includes a distal end face and wherein the distal end face of the head and the clamping hook are fitted with mutually engaging guide elements guiding the head of the lever in the circumferential direction relative to the pivot pin of the lever and further wherein the clamping hook comprises a recess between the guide elements extending in the clamping surface zone and associated guide elements extending in the distal end face of the head of the lever.