unit comprising the drive unit 34 and the deflector roll 30 mounted at the opposite end this support 38 together with the transverse carriers 40 40a and the vertical posts 44 the foot portions of which have been omitted from the drawings form part of a frame work 46 of the feed table 1 the lower run 8t of the conveyor belt 8 or 8a running between the deflector roll 30 and drive roll 32 rests in the region of the transverse carriers 40 40a on support rollers 48 which prevent sagging of the unsupported lengths of the slivers in the arrangement according to fig1 these supports 38 or support sections 38a 38b 38c have a supporting tubular section 50 underneath of which a tubular or trough shaped projection 52 is riveted or screwed this projection receives each supporting roll 8 a u shaped section 54 is mounted on the tubular section 50 and has leg elements 55 55a flanking the upper run 8h of the conveyor belt 8 8n running in the interior 58 of the section 54 these elements also protect the fiber sliver 20 resting on the upper run 8h the trough projection 52 protects the lower run 8t in the same way the section of the one section element 55 of the u shaped section 54 is longer than that of the.