drum 26 has a guideway 24 on the guide casing 27 the thread plug 9 is guided in multiple wraparounds positioned directly side by side the guide mechanism 11 has a control member 23 on the end facing the processing drum 26 which is positioned on the side of the guide rail 20 opposite of the guideway 12 the control member 23 which is preferably embodied as a sliding edge has a shape that is adjusted substantially congruent to the guide casing 27 of the processing drum 26 and is held at a short distance above the processing drum 26 the sliding edge extends at a slant to the circumference of the processing drum 26 such that a thread plug exiting at the plug outlet 10 via the slideway 12 and deposited at the circumference of the processing drum 26 is automatically guided against the sliding edge of the sliding device 23 after a straight course on the guideway 24 of the guide casing 27 and is displaced on the guideway 24 as shown in fig3 the thread plug 9 is axially displaced at the circumference of the processing drum 26 by the sliding device 23 in this manner it is possible to guide the thread plug 9 with multiple wraparounds in the guideway 24 of the guide casing 27 wherein the wraparounds of the thread plug are directly guided side by side in this regard the guide mechanism 11 may be utilized both for guiding the thread plug 9 in front of the processing drum 26 and.