Abstract: Mechanism for launching grippers in gripper looms, in which the launching power source is stationary and the gripper is provided with a guideway and means for controlling and defining the gripper path, such means being connected to the beat-up mechanism of the loom. The mechanism has a launching arm and an impact element which is connected thereto by means of a connecting rod and pivotal joints on the launching arm, as well as on the impact element, each of which provides for two degrees of freedom of motion between each pair of parts which it connects.