Drawing mechanism for drawing textile fibers

A drawing mechanism for drawing textile fibers including:

• an input nip between a first drafting roller and a first pressure roller,
• at least one intermediate nip between a second drafting roller and a second pressure roller,
• an output nip between a third drafting roller and a third pressure roller, and
• an arrangement for exerting pressing forces on the pressure rollers,
• an additional nip with a fourth pressure roller being disposed between said input nip and said intermediate nip,
• and another additional nip with a fifth pressure roller being disposed between said intermediate nip and said output nip,
• wherein said fourth pressure roller and said fifth pressure roller both cooperate with said second drafting roller to form said two additional nips,
• and wherein said arrangement for exerting pressing forces includes means selectively to exert on said fourth pressure roller and on said fifth pressure roller pressing forces of the same magnitude as the pressing forces exerted on said first, said second and said third pressure rollers, or pressing forces of lesser magnitude than the pressing forces exerted on said first, said second and said third pressure rollers.