the thread bundles and to combine them to a thread strand 21 instead of the combining rollers 20 stationary or rotating pins or a row of pins may also be provided the thread strand 21 is then drawn off by the roller frame 22 passed to a pair of reels 23 and delivered by the latter into the can 24 fig2 an additional finish may be applied by means of a roller 25 prior to depositing the thread strand the drawing off from and the depositing in cans may take place as shown in fig2 and 3 in two directions in which case two thread strands 21 and 21 39 are formed the arrangement is mirror symmetrical as illustrated in fig2 and 3 the dimension t shown on fig2 between two neighboring thread paths 6 is the gauge of the spinning section and indicates the distance between the single spinning positions the blow ducts and the spinning ducts as well as the corresponding devices on the take up machine 17 the number of the spinning positions which are allotted to one can piler may be definitely prefixed that is divided in halves or unequally but it may also be variable in that the total of the combining rollers 20 and 20 39 may be variable with respect to their position and direction of rotation so that they divert the thread strand into the opposite direction to the position 20 34 marked in fig2 by broken lines the same applies analogously to other means of diverting and combination not illustrated in the figures but mentioned above the devices for the winding of the thread bundles include rolls 26 for the moistening and oiling of the thread bundles which rolls may be preceded by diverting thread guides 27 and.