then drops downward aided by the forces of gravity and into the lap gathering element 7 which supports the flow of material the withdrawing rollers 11 12 withdraw the strengthened fiber lap from the discharge opening of the lap gathering element 7 the two profiled rollers 21 22 fig3 or one profiled roller 22 and one smooth roller 21 u2032 fig4 can be used as seen in fiber material flow direction the lap gathering element 7 shown in fig3 is provided with a lap gathering region and a lap strengthening region in fig3 the lap gathering element 7 has a lap guide element 9 that forms the lap gathering region and a lap trumpet 10 that forms the lap strengthening region the lap guide element 9 and the lap trumpet 10 are in this example closed on all sides except for the respective intake and discharge openings for the fiber material the intake opening for the lap guide element 9 is arranged at a distance f to the stripping roller 6 for example approximately 50 mm the profiled rollers 21 22 which convey the fiber material further and strengthen it are arranged downstream from the withdrawing rollers 11 12 in this example roller 12 is spring loaded by spring 20 the axes for the withdrawing rollers 11 12 and the profiled rollers 21 22 are aligned parallel to each other the fiber lap exiting from the trumpet 10 respectively passes with its broad side corresponding to a in fig1 through the gap between the rollers 11 12 and 21 22 in the example shown in fig4 the lap gathering element 7 u2032 has a one piece design the discharge region for the lap gathering element 7 u2032 corresponds to.