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The invention relates to a takeup machine for winding a plurality of yarns on a corresponding number of winding tubes. Each winding tube is associated with a contact yarn guide in a contacting position for threading the yarn. By means of a threadup device which consists, in accordance with the invention, of a threadup yarn guide moving along a guideway and stationary contact yarn guides, the yarns are distributed from a threading position to the contacting position. Between the threading position and the contacting position, the yarns are guided by the threadup yarn guide and distributed, one after the other, to the contact yarn guides.