26 is mounted in such a manner that it can turn on a pivot axle 27 this turning of the pivot arm 26 can be effected by an actuator 28 through the movement of the pivot arm 26 the diverting rods 25 1 and 25 2 can be displaced between a traversing position and an operating position in fig4 the situation is represented in which the diverting rods 25 1 and 25 2 are held in an operating position here the diverting rods 25 1 and 25 2 are pivoted out from the yarn path so that the filament bundles 4 1 to 4 3 are guided into the yarn oiling members 24 1 to 24 3 and the counter yarn oiling members 31 1 to 31 3 in fig5 the diverting rods 25 1 and 25 2 are shown in the traversing position in which the filament bundles 4 1 to 4 3 are guided in contact with the diverting rods 25 1 and 25 2 this situation represents the thread up process of the filament bundles 4 1 to 4 3 of the melt spinning device the filament bundles 4 1 to 4 3 are taken up via the suction device 23 and continuously drawn off from the spinnerets 2 1 to 2 3 as follows from fig5 and 6 an auxiliary spreading member 12 is disposed in the yarn path downstream from the preparation device 7 the auxiliary spreading member 12 is formed in this embodiment by a guide plate 14 the guide plate 14 is represented.