controllable electric motor 15 that ensures the back and forth movement of the conveying belt 14 the plate 13 and the sliver bundle 4 in the direction of arrows g h in this example the conveyor belt 14 is at least twice as large as the maximum movement of the sliver bundle 4 in the horizontal direction in the depositing region the electric motor 15 is connected to an electric control and regulating device 6 fig3 shows a carding machine for example a tr u00fctzschler high performance carding machine model dx 903 comprising a feed roller 16 feed table 17 licker ins 18 a 18 b 18 c main carding cylinder 19 doffer 20 stripping roll 21 crushing rolls 22 23 sliver guide element 24 web trumpet 25 withdrawing rolls 26 27 traveling flats 28 14 and sliver coiler arrangement 29 curved arrows indicate the rotational directions of the rollers the carding machine operating direction is shown by arrow i a housing 31 with therein disposed rotating plate 2 is located above the cover plate 30 for the sliver coiler arrangement a sliver support is embodied as carriage 3 which is provided with a rectangular plate 3 a on the top during the sliver deposit on the rectangular plate 3 a the carriage 3 is moved back and forth in the direction of arrows k l with the aid of a drive mechanism for example the controlled motor 32.