Cross lapper

A cross lapper for laying a fleece from a card web, said cross lapper including a laying carriage movable on rails in a machine stand transversely with respect to an output conveyor belt above same and an upper carriage movable in the machine stand transversely to said output conveyor belt on rails as well, and two card web transport belts for guiding the card web through the upper carriage and the laying carriage into a discharge nip formed at the laying carriage, wherein a belt entrance with a downwardly inclined entrance zone is formed at the upper carriage, and a first card web transport belt extending over the upper carriage is guided through the laying carriage and transversely over the output conveyor belt and through a first tensioning carriage back to the belt entrance, and a second card web transport belt is passed through the laying carriage, said second card web transport belt having an upper part extending in parallel and at a close distance to a section of the first card web transport belt extending from a lower end of the belt entrance in a direction towards the laying carriage, said second card web transport belt further comprising a lower part extending in a same plane as a section of the first card web transport belt leaving the laying carriage, wherein a section of the second card web transport belt returning from the laying carriage in a direction towards the lower end of the belt entrance is passed through a second tensioning carriage only which is movable transversely with respect to the output conveyor belt, said second card web transport belt being not passed through the upper carriage but is bypassing same.