air dispensing means 4 can be provided with a plurality of throughgoing orifices through which air can stream from its interior to its exterior and through the annular bundle 3 of filaments the blowing air dispensing means in this embodiment is the blowing air dispensing means 4 a hollow annular preparation application device 6 for applying a spinning preparation to the filaments is arranged concentrically at the lower end of the radially closed tube 5 and has a passage through it to conduct air for the blowing air dispensing means the blowing nozzle 4 the radially closed tube 5 connected to it and the hollow air conducting preparation application device 6 at the lower end of the tube 5 are carried by a tube cone 9 which is movable e g pivotable in a way not shown in the drawing the tube cone 9 is hollow or has a connecting passage connected to the radially closed tube 5 with open ends 5 39 5 34 so that blowing air can be fed through the tube cone 9 into the interior of the radially closed tube 5 from where it flows into the interior to the blowing air dispensing means 4 to be dispensed through the orifices which have not been shown in detail the tube cone.