the shape of a peripheral section of the card web deflection roller 49 the peripheral portion of the card web deflection roller 49 which is surrounded by the tongues 73 a can preferably be slightly smaller than half of the overall periphery of the card web deflection roller 49 and is approximately defined by the portion in which the first transport belt 51 a rests on the card web deflection roller 49 thus a portion is defined between the transport belt 51 a resting on the card web deflection roller 49 and the tongues 73 a in which the card web 69 entrained by the transport belt 51 a is reversed in a guided manner at the same time the distances between the individual tongues 73 a ensure that air entrained by the transport belt 51 a can escape after travel around the card web deflection roller 49 the card web 69 is subsequently deposited on the horizontally extending section of the second transport belt 29 it is further moved by this belt up to the laying carriage 11 and covered by the first transport belt 51 a from the top the tongues 73 a formed as spring sheets are attached on a rotatable shaft 75 arranged above the lower card web deflection roller 49 in the upper carriage 45 the.