Work frame guiding and driving for embroidery machines

Embroidery machine with a preferably vertically arranged cloth plane and with fastening elements (cloth shafts (11,12)) arranged horizontally in parallel for the embroidery cloth, a plurality of upper and lower horizontal guides (1, 2) being arranged distributed over the length of the embroidery machine, in each case an upper and a lower horizontal guide being connected by means of vertical connections (3) to form a horizontal-guide element and such horizontal-guide elements being adjusted vertically by a respective positioning drive (4) in guides arranged fixedly relative to the machine.