Abstract: A device for aligning and cutting a web having a thickness which varies in the longitudinal direction, e.g. a terry cloth with piled portions alternating with pile-free portions. The device comprises a pair of rulers extending across the web and which rulers are adjustable with respect to each other so that either the web can pass freely therebetween or only pile-free portions thereof, seizing- and transferring structure arranged in front of the rulers as seen in the feeding direction of the web and arranged to bring along a piece of cloth from the web and transfer this to a conveyor device and a pulling device for pulling out a desired length of the piece of cloth.