Patent ID: 8656962

Claim:
A gripper head ( 1 ) of a weaving machine with a clamping device ( 2 ) configured and adapted to clamp a band-shaped weft material ( 8 ) to be inserted into a loom shed of the weaving machine, wherein the clamping device ( 2 ) comprises a stationary clamping jaw ( 3 ) and a movable clamping jaw ( 4 ) that is loaded by a spring ( 5 ) and movable about a rotation axis ( 6 ), each clamping jaw respectively having a clamping surface ( 7 ), and wherein the movable clamping jaw ( 4 ) is actuatable by a control device to open the clamping device ( 2 ), characterized in that the gripper head ( 1 ) comprises a perimeter frame ( 10 ), wherein the clamping surfaces ( 7 ) are arranged essentially outside of the frame ( 10 ) and in the warp direction laterally next to the frame ( 10 ) on protruding collars ( 3 a , 4 a ) of the clamping jaws ( 3 , 4 ), which extend outside of the frame ( 10 ) perpendicularly to the motion direction (BR) of the gripper head ( 1 ) in a direction toward the interlacing point ( 12 ), and the spring ( 5 ) and the rotation axis ( 6 ) are arranged inside the frame ( 10 ).