entry to the sliver guide 14 guide element and are brought further in towards one another by the conically tapering side walls of the sliver guide 14 a sliver guiding means 17 holding down means is arranged across the width upstream of the sliver guide 14 at a spacing a therefrom at which the fibre slivers 7 a to 7 f are arranged substantially in a plane see fig1 a that is to say the outer fibre slivers 7 c and 7 f have not been folded over upon themselves the spacing a can be for example about from 5 to 40 mm preferably from 10 to 15 mm the sliver guiding means 17 is in the form of a bar is rounded off on its underside and has a smooth surface with reference to fig2 at the end of the draw frame creel the fibre slivers 7 a to 7 c are passed through the guide grooves which are open to the top between the guide members 11 a to 11 d the fibre slivers 7 a to 7 c u2014 seen in the work direction a u2014 run towards one another in somewhat tapering manner fig3 shows a sliver guiding means 17 in the form of a bar extending across the width arranged upstream of the entry to the sliver guide 14 at a spacing therefrom the fibre slivers 7 a to 7 f pass through beneath and in contact with the sliver guiding means 17 fig4 shows an arrangement in which the sliver.