thereof transversely to the advancing direction application_number US 88399301 A description 0049 fig1 shows the inlet region 1 the measuring region 2 a draw unit 3 and a sliver coiler system 4 of a draw frame which may be an hsr model manufactured by tr u00fctzschler gmbh amp co kg m u00f6nchengladbach germany in the inlet region 1 three round coiler cans 5 a 5 b and 5 c are visible which are positioned underneath a creel 6 the slivers 7 a 7 b and 7 c are withdrawn from the respective coiler cans over supply rolls 8 a 8 b and 8 c and are advanced to the draw unit 3 with each driven supply roll 8 a 8 b and 8 c a respective upper roll 9 a 9 b and 9 c is associated and is driven by friction from the lower supply roll the slivers 7 a 7 c are crushed between the respective roll pairs after passing through the draw unit 3 the drawn sliver is introduced into a coiler disk of a sliver coiling device and is deposited in loops into an output coiler can 11 in the region of each lower roll supply roll 8 a 8 c a respective guiding device 10 a 10 c is provided for guiding the respective slivers 7 a 7 c the running direction of the slivers from the supply rolls in the direction of the draw unit is designated at a also referring to fig3 as the slivers 7 a 7 c are pulled from the.