Passive lubrication of the slide a gripping device

Gripping device (2), in particular parallel or centric gripper, displaceably guided with at least one in a jaw guide (8) jaws (10, 12), said jaw (10, 12) or the jaw guide (8) on both sides in each case at least one in having the displacement direction (6) extending guide web (16), and wherein the jaw guide (8) or the jaw (10, 12) with the guide webs (16) have cooperating guide grooves, characterized in that at least one guide web (16) has a first sliding portion (20), a second sliding portion (22) and a between the sliding portions (20, 22) lying recess portion (24), wherein the recess portion (24) in the displacement direction (6) and to the transverse direction (28) extending recess ( 26) for forming a lubricant reservoir, wherein the recess (26) having a first portion (30) and a second portion (32), whereby the respective portions (30, 32) in the transverse direction (28) from a first free end side portion (52) and a second free end side (54) of the recess portion (24) are limited, and wherein the respective free end side portions (52, 54) with the displacement direction (6) in each case an angle ( γ) include between 0.01 ° and 10 °.