JP4140010B2 - Embroidery frame - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an embroidery frame, and more particularly to an embroidery frame that can easily and accurately position a cloth edge of a work cloth.

Various embroidery frames for attaching a work cloth to an embroidery sewing machine have been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 has an upper frame (corresponding to a presser frame) and a lower frame (corresponding to a support frame), and adsorbs the upper frame and the lower frame by magnetic force, An embroidery frame that can hold a work cloth therebetween is disclosed. The embroidery frame includes a lower frame, an upper frame, a fixed portion to which the lower frame is fixed, a movable portion that supports the upper frame, and the like, and the movable portion is rotatably connected to the fixed portion. . Therefore, when attaching the work cloth to the embroidery frame, the upper cloth is rotated with respect to the fixed part together with the movable part while the work cloth is placed on the lower frame. It is clamped by the magnetic force in the frame.
JP-A-11-61627

  However, in the embroidery frame of Patent Document 1, in order to embroidery in the vicinity of the cloth edge of the work cloth, the worker must visually wear the work cloth when attaching the cloth edge of the work cloth in the sewing area. In other words, it is very difficult to mount the operator in a desired position and direction, and it cannot be practically used. Therefore, the embroidery sewn by the embroidery frame of Patent Document 1 is sewn at a position deviated from a desired position, resulting in deterioration of the quality of the sewn product.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an embroidery frame that can easily and accurately position a cloth edge of a work cloth.

  The invention of claim 1 is an embroidery frame comprising a rectangular support frame and a presser frame, wherein a work cloth is sandwiched between the support frame and the presser frame, the embroidery frame being formed on the support frame and cooperating with the presser frame. A clamping part for moving and clamping the work cloth, a guide part formed on the outer peripheral part of the clamping part and extending upward, and a pair of sides opposed to the guide part slidable by a fixing mechanism A pair of cloth end positioning tools attached so as to be able to be released and a vertical receiving surface for receiving and positioning the cloth ends formed on each of the cloth end positioning tools.

  When the work cloth is attached to the embroidery frame, the fixing by the fixing mechanism of the pair of cloth end positioning tools attached to the pair of opposite sides of the guide section is released, and each cloth end positioning tool is moved to the guide section. And is fixed and positioned by a fixing mechanism at a desired position. Next, the cloth end is received by the vertical receiving surface formed on the pair of cloth end positioning tools, and the presser frame is placed on the upper surface of the work cloth, and the holding part of the presser frame and the support frame The work cloth is clamped at a predetermined position by the cooperation.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the cloth end positioning tool is detachably attached to the guide portion. According to this embroidery frame, the cloth edge positioning tool is removed from the guide portion, and a pair of opposing sides (for example, the opposing left and right sides) different from the pair of opposing sides (for example, the opposing left and right sides) ( For example, it is attached to the front and back sides).

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the guide portion is formed to be inclined upward and outward. According to this embroidery frame, the cloth end positioning tool is attached to the guide portion inclined upward and outward.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first to third aspects of the present invention, a folded portion bent downward is formed at an upper end portion of the guide portion, and the fixing mechanism passes through the cloth end positioning tool and is the folded portion. And a clamping plate portion formed integrally with the cloth end positioning tool so as to oppose the clamping screw with the folded portion interposed therebetween.

  In this embroidery frame fixing mechanism, a clamping screw penetrating the fabric end positioning tool and disposed outside the folded portion is integrated with the fabric end positioning tool so as to oppose the clamping screw across the folded portion. The folded portion is clamped by cooperation with the formed clamping plate portion, and the cloth end positioning tool is fixed. When the clamping screw is loosened, the clamping of the folded portion by the clamping screw and the clamping plate is released, the cloth end positioning tool is released, the cloth end positioning tool can be slid, and the clamping screw is further loosened. Then, the cloth end positioning tool is detachable.

  In the invention of claim 5, the receiving member for receiving the cloth end is detachably attached from the receiving surface of one cloth end positioning tool to the receiving surface of the other cloth end positioning tool. According to this embroidery frame, the cloth end of the work cloth is received by the receiving member that is detachably attached from the receiving surface of one cloth end positioning tool to the receiving surface of the other cloth end positioning tool.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a scale is formed in the guide portion. According to this embroidery frame, the cloth end positioning tool is positioned via the scale formed on the guide portion.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the state where the cloth end of the work cloth is positioned by the receiving part of the cloth end positioning tool attached to the predetermined position of the pair of sides that are slid to oppose each other, the holding part and the presser frame Therefore, the work cloth can be easily and accurately attached to a desired position. In particular, by attaching the pair of cloth end positioning tools to a pair of opposing sides, the cloth end of the work cloth can be positioned at two points, so that the work cloth can be accurately positioned.

  According to the invention of claim 2, since the pair of cloth end positioning tools can be detached from the pair of opposite sides of the guide portion and attached to the pair of opposite sides of the different guide portions, the work cloth The degree of freedom of the position where the positioning can be performed can be improved.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the cloth end positioning tool is attached to the guide part inclined upward and outward, it is possible to prevent interference between the cloth end positioning tool and the presser frame when attaching the presser frame to the holding part. it can. Further, when the embroidery frame is driven during sewing or the like, interference between the cloth end positioning tool and the sewing needle, the cloth presser frame, or the embroidery sewing machine can be prevented.

  According to the invention of claim 4, since the cloth end positioning tool can be fixed by the holding plate portion and the holding screw, the structure of the fixing mechanism can be simplified, and the cloth end can be simply operated by turning the holding screw. Since the positioning mechanism can be in a fixed state, a slidable state, and a detachable state, the operation of the fixing mechanism can be simplified.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the cloth end is positioned by the receiving member attached over the pair of cloth end positioning mechanisms, the area of the cloth end received by the receiving member is increased. The cloth edge can be easily positioned.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the cloth end positioning tool is positioned by the scale formed on the guide portion, the pair of cloth end positioning tools are accurately positioned at predetermined positions of the guide portions to which the respective pairs are attached. be able to.

  An object of the present invention to provide an embroidery frame capable of easily and accurately positioning a cloth end of a work cloth is provided with a rectangular support frame and a press frame, and the work cloth is formed by the support frame and the press frame. In the embroidery frame to be clamped, formed on the support frame, for clamping the work cloth in cooperation with the presser frame, a guide portion formed on the outer periphery of the clamp portion and extending upward, A pair of cloth end positioning tools slidably mounted on a pair of opposing sides of the guide portion and releasably fixed by a fixing mechanism, and a cloth end formed on each cloth end positioning tool is received and positioned. This is realized by providing a vertical-direction receiving surface for the purpose.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to an embroidery frame that includes a presser frame made of a permanent magnet and a support frame that has a holding portion made of a magnetic material, and the support frame and the presser frame hold the work cloth by magnetic force. . In the following description, the front and left and right directions shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the embroidery frame 1 includes a support frame 2, a presser frame 3, and a pair of cloth end positioning tools 4 a and 4 b.
As shown in FIG. 4, the support frame 2 includes a holding part 10, a guide part 11, and a connecting part 12.
The clamping unit 10 is for cooperating with the presser frame 3 to clamp the work cloth 5. The clamping part 10 is formed in the horizontal rectangular shape with the thin metal plate made from a magnetic body. Therefore, the work cloth 5 placed on the clamping unit 10 hardly floats from the needle plate. A rectangular embroidery window 14 that is slightly larger than the sewing area 13 is formed inside the clamping portion 10. A non-slip tape 15 having a high coefficient of friction is attached to each side of the clamping unit 10 in order to prevent the work cloth 5 from shifting.

  The guide portion 11 is for guiding the presser frame 3 to a predetermined position on the upper surface of the support frame 2. The guide part 11 is made of a thin metal plate made of the same magnetic material as the sandwiching part 10, and is formed integrally with the sandwiching part 10 over the entire circumference of the outer peripheral part of the sandwiching part 10. Further, the guide portion 11 is formed so as to extend in an inclined manner outward and upward from the outer periphery of the presser frame 3. In order to position the support frame 2 and the cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b, the inner surface of the guide portion 11 has a plurality of engraved pieces at intervals of 2 cm (10 pieces on each of the front and rear guide portions 11 and left and right guides). In the portion 11, six main scales 16 and four sub-scales 17 indicating the center 18 of the embroidery window 14 are formed.

  Twelve thread holes 19 are formed in the bent portion between the guide portion 11 and the sandwiching portion 10. By passing the thread 20 through each pair of opposing thread holes 19 so as to be parallel to one side of the embroidery window 14, the sewing region 13 and the center 18 of the embroidery window 14 can be easily visually confirmed. In addition, the upper end part of the guide part 11 is located above the upper surface part of the press part 40 of the presser frame 3, as shown in FIG.

  A folded portion 24 that is bent downward is formed on the upper end portion of the guide portion 11 except for a part of the rear rear portion. The folded portion 24 improves the strength of the support frame 2, guides the cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b to be slid along the guide portion 11, and, as shown in FIG. 6, protrudes from the presser frame 3. When the cloth 5 is held between the clips 25, the following effects are obtained. When the work cloth 5 is held by the clip 25, the clip 25 is supported by the front end portions 26 a, 26 b and the middle portion being in contact with the lower end portion of the folded portion 24 and the guide portion 11 via the work cloth 5. The clip 25 is mounted in a very stable state.

  Further, even if a clip having a shape slightly different from the clip 25 shown in FIG. 6 is applied, the clip is supported not only at the tip end portions 26a and 26b but also at the midway portion by the lower end portion of the folded portion 24, that is, at least three points. Therefore, the clip is mounted in a stable state regardless of the shape of the clip, and the degree of freedom of clip selection is expanded. The folding portion 24 can prevent the clip 25 from falling off during sewing or the like.

  A fixing portion 28 to which the connecting portion 12 is fixed is formed in a horizontal plate shape at the upper end portion of the guide portion 11 and the central portion in the left-right direction of the rear rear portion, that is, the portion where the folded portion 24 is not formed. . The fixing portion 28 is formed with a pair of screw holes 29 through which the fixing screw 31 is inserted and a pair of positioning holes 30 for positioning the connecting portion 12.

  The connecting portion 12 is for detachably connecting the embroidery frame 1 and the embroidery sewing machine (not shown). The connection part 12 is comprised with the synthetic resin. The connecting portion 12 is formed with a pair of positioning projections 32 and a pair of screw holes 34. After the protrusion 32 is inserted into the positioning hole 30 of the fixing portion 28 and positioned with respect to the connecting portion 12, the pair of fixing screws 31 are screwed into the screw holes 34 and connected to the fixing portion 28. Fixed. A detecting part 33 is formed in the connecting part 12, and the type of the embroidery frame 1 is detected by the detector of the embroidery sewing machine via the detecting part 33.

The presser frame 3 is formed by molding a synthetic resin in which magnetic powder, which is a permanent magnet, is mixed, and is adsorbed by a magnetic material sandwiching portion 10 by a magnetic force. As shown in FIG. 5, the presser frame 3 includes a pressing portion 40 and a handle portion 41.
The pressing part 40 is attached to the support frame 2 so as to oppose the clamping part 10. An embroidery window 42 that is slightly larger than the embroidery window 14 of the support frame 2 is formed inside the pressing portion 40. Therefore, when the presser frame 3 is attached to the support frame 2, the embroidery window 14 of the support frame 2 is not blocked by the presser frame 3, and the sewing needle does not contact the presser frame 3 during sewing. Scales 43 are formed on the pressing portion 40 at intervals of 1 cm.

  The handle portion 41 is for an operator to hold when the presser frame 3 is attached and detached. The handle portion 41 is formed in a semicircular shape at the center portion in the front-rear direction of the outer peripheral portion of the pressing portion 40 so as to extend upward and outward. When attaching the presser frame 3, the gripping part 41 is gripped and guided to the guide part 11, and attached to the holding part 10 of the support frame 2 on which the work cloth 5 is placed. As shown in FIG. 2, in the state where the presser frame 3 is attached, the upper end portion of the handle portion 41 is formed so as to be positioned above the guide portion 11, so that the operator can easily hold the handle portion 41. It can be gripped.

  When removing the presser frame 3, the operator holding the handle unit 41 moves the handle unit 41 upward and to the right so as to draw a circle around the right end of the presser frame 3. It is removed from the support frame 2. Therefore, by forming the handle 41 on the outer periphery of the presser frame 3, it is possible to increase the distance from the right end of the presser frame 3 that becomes a fulcrum when the presser frame 3 is removed, and to hold the presser frame 3 with a small force. Can be removed. Further, since the presser frame 3 and the support frame 2 are configured to be detachable, the presser frame 3 has a large degree of freedom of movement, and the presser frame 3 does not interfere with a sewing needle or the like when removed.

  In addition, according to the place where the inventor of the present invention experimented, in order to securely hold the work cloth 5 of 1 mm or less, the holding force 2100 to 2270 [Oe], the maximum energy product 1.24 to 1.56 [MGOe]. ], It is preferable that the presser frame 3 is composed of permanent magnets having a residual magnetic flux density of 2282 to 2540 [G] and an inherent holding force of 2600 to 2700 [Oe].

Next, the cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b will be described. The cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b are detachably attached to a pair of left and right sides facing each other of the guide portion 11. Since the cloth end positioning tool 4b is symmetrical with the cloth end positioning tool 4a, only the cloth end positioning tool 4a will be described, and the description of the cloth end positioning tool 4b will be omitted.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the cloth edge positioning tool 4 a is for positioning the cloth edge 5 a of the work cloth 5 so as to be positioned in the embroidery window 14 or the like. The cloth end positioning tool 4 a includes a horizontal portion 45, a receiving surface 46, and a fixing mechanism 47.

The horizontal portion 45 is formed in a horizontal rectangular plate shape extending in the front-rear direction.
The receiving surface 46 is for receiving and positioning the cloth end 5a. The receiving surface 46 is formed in the vertical direction at the front end portion of the horizontal portion 45. An inclined portion 48 corresponding to the inclination of the guide portion 11 is formed at the lower end portion inside the receiving surface 46. When positioning the receiving surface 46, by aligning the inclined portion 48 with the desired scales 16 and 17 carved in the guide portion 11, the cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b attached to both sides are positioned at the same position in the front-rear direction. Can be set to

The fixing mechanism 47 is for fixing the cloth end positioning tool 4a to a desired position of the guide portion 11 so that the fixing can be released. The fixing mechanism 47 has a U-shaped portion 49 and a clamping screw 50.
The U-shaped portion 49 is integrally formed over substantially the entire length of the inner end portion of the horizontal portion 45. The U-shaped portion 49 includes an outer plate portion 53, a holding plate portion 54, and a connecting plate portion 55 that connects the outer plate portion 53 and the holding plate portion 54. The upper end portion of the outer plate portion 53 is connected to the horizontal portion 45. A screw hole 56 into which the clamping screw 50 is screwed is formed in the rear portion of the outer plate portion 53. The sandwiching plate portion 54 is located inside the folded portion 24 and is provided so as to oppose the sandwiching screw 50.

  The clamping screw 50 is screwed into the screw hole 56 of the outer plate portion 53, penetrates the outer plate portion 53, and is disposed outside the folded portion 24. When the knob 57 of the clamping screw 50 is turned and tightened, the clamping screw 50 is moved inward, the folded portion 24 is clamped by the distal end portion of the clamping screw 50 and the clamping plate portion 54, and the cloth end positioning tool 4a is Fixed. When the clamping screw 50 is turned and loosened, the distal end portion of the clamping screw 50 and the clamping plate portion 54 are released, and the cloth end positioning tool 4a is guided while the U-shaped portion 49 is guided to the folding portion 24 by the folding portion 24. Can slide. Furthermore, when the clamping screw 50 is turned and loosened, the cloth end positioning tool 4a can be removed. These cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b may be detached and attached to the pair of front and rear guide portions 11.

  Next, the operation and effect of the above-described embodiment will be described. In the embroidery frame 1, the cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b attached to the pair of left and right sides facing each other of the guide part 11 are moved to a predetermined position while being guided by the folding part 24. The cloth ends are received by the receiving surfaces 46 of the positioning tools 4a and 4b and positioned. That is, since the cloth end is positioned at two points by the pair of cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b, it can be accurately and easily positioned.

  Since the cloth edge positioning tools 4a and 4b are positioned by aligning the inclined portions 48 of the receiving surface 46 with the scales 16 and 17 of the guide section 11, the cloth edge positioning tools 4a and 4b are placed at the same position on each side. Accurate positioning is possible. These cloth edge positioning tools 4a and 4b can be removed from a pair of left and right sides and attached to a pair of front and back sides, and the cloth edge of the work cloth can be positioned at a predetermined position in the front and rear direction.

  Since the cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b are attached to the guide portion 11 inclined upward and outward, interference between the cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b and the presser frame 3 can be prevented when the presser frame 3 is attached. In addition, during sewing, interference between the cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b and the sewing needle, the presser foot, and the embroidery sewing machine can be prevented.

  According to the fixing mechanism 47, the folding end portion 24 can be clamped by the cooperation of the clamping plate portion 54 and the clamping screw 50 to fix the cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b, and by loosening the clamping screw 50, The cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b can be slid along the guide part 11, and the cloth end positioning tools 4a and 4b can be detached from the guide part 11 by loosening the clamping screw 50. . That is, the fixing mechanism 47 can achieve the above-described effect with a simple configuration including the clamping plate portion 54 and the clamping screw 50 and a simple operation by simply turning the knob 57 of the clamping screw 50.

Next, a modified example in which the above-described embodiment is partially modified will be described.
(1) As shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, the cloth end positioning tools 60a and 60b may be configured. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached about the same structure as the said Example, and description is abbreviate | omitted. Moreover, in the following description, only the cloth end positioning tool 60a will be described, and the description of the cloth end positioning tool 60b that is symmetrical with the cloth end positioning tool 60a will be omitted.

  The cloth end positioning tool 60 a includes a main body 61 and a fixing mechanism 62. The main body 61 has a horizontal part 63, a receiving surface 64, and a scale window part 65. The horizontal part 63 is horizontally formed so as to extend outward from the upper side of the guide part 11 in a square shape in plan view. The horizontal portion 63 is formed with a pair of engagement windows 68 into which the engagement claws 82 are engaged, and an insertion hole 69 through which the clamping screw 81 is inserted.

  The receiving surface 64 is erected vertically in a square shape at the front end portion of the horizontal portion 63. A cut-and-raised portion 70 having a lower end connected to the receiving surface 64 is formed at the center of the receiving surface 64. As shown in FIG. 12, a gap having a predetermined interval is formed between the cut and raised portion 70 and the receiving surface 64, and the receiving member 71 is sandwiched by this gap. The receiving member 71 is detachably attached between the cloth end positioning tool 60a and the cloth end positioning tool 60b. The receiving member 71 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and notches 72 are formed at both ends thereof to prevent interference with the guide portion 11 and the like.

  The scale window portion 65 is formed along the guide portion 11 over the entire length of the inner end portion of the horizontal portion 63. As shown in FIG. 11, the scale window portion 65 has a scale window 75 for viewing the scales 16 and 17 of the guide portion 11, and a scale 76 engraved so as to straddle the scale window 75. The scales 16 and 17 of the guide portion 11 visible from the scale window 75 are combined with the scale 76 to position the cloth end positioning tool 60a.

  The fixing mechanism 62 includes a clamping plate 80 and a clamping screw 81. A pair of engaging claws 82 that are engaged with the engaging window 68 are formed on the outer end portion of the sandwiching plate 80. A guided portion 83 that is engaged between the folded portion 24 and the guide portion 11 and guided in the length direction of the guide portion 11 is formed at the inner end portion of the sandwiching plate 80. A screw hole 84 into which a clamping screw 81 is screwed is formed at the center of the clamping plate 80. The clamping screw 81 is inserted into the insertion hole 69, and the tip end portion of the clamping screw 81 is screwed into the screw hole 84.

  When the knob 85 of the clamping screw 81 is rotated and tightened, the cloth end positioning tool 60a is fixed to the guide part 11 by the lower end of the knob 85, the engaging claw 82 of the clamping plate 80, and the guided part 83. On the other hand, when the clamping screw 81 is loosened, the cloth end positioning tool 60a is released and the cloth end positioning tool 60a can slide with respect to the guide portion 11. Further, when the clamping screw 81 is loosened, the cloth end positioning tool 60a can be attached and detached.

  In this modified example, since the receiving member 71 is provided over the cloth end positioning tools 60a and 60b, many areas of the cloth end of the work cloth can be received by the receiving member 71. The fabric can be positioned accurately and easily.

  (2) In the first embodiment described above, the cloth end 5a is positioned in the region inside the embroidery frame 1, but the cloth end 5a can be positioned outside the embroidery frame 1 as shown in FIG. The cloth end positioning tools 90a and 90b may be configured as described above. Hereinafter, the cloth end positioning tools 90a and 90b will be mainly described, but the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. In the cloth end positioning tools 90a and 90b, an extending portion 45a extending forward from the horizontal portion 45 is provided, and a receiving portion 46 is provided at the front end portion of the extending portion 45a. Accordingly, when the cloth end positioning tools 90a and 90b are moved forward, the receiving portion 46 is positioned in the area outside the embroidery frame 1 as shown in FIG. Positioning can be performed outside the frame 1. In particular, when the work cloth 5 is thin and soft, when the cloth end 5a is positioned inside the embroidery frame 1, the work cloth 5 is also driven up and down in conjunction with the vertical drive of the sewing needle stuck in the work cloth 5 for sewing. Although the problem that quality deteriorates arises, by positioning the cloth edge 5a of the work cloth 5 on the outside of the embroidery frame 1 by the cloth edge positioning tools 90a and 90b, the four sides of the work cloth 5 are surely secured by the presser frame 3. It is possible to prevent the work cloth 5 from moving up and down and improve the quality of the sewing product.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and those skilled in the art can implement the invention by adding various modifications to the embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The present invention includes those modifications.

It is a whole top view of the embroidery frame concerning the Example of this invention. It is a left view of an embroidery frame. It is a front view of an embroidery frame. It is a top view of a support frame. It is a top view of a presser frame. It is a figure explaining clamping of the work cloth by a clip and a guide part. It is a fragmentary top view explaining a cloth end positioning tool. It is a fragmentary sectional view explaining a cloth end positioning tool. It is a front view of the embroidery frame concerning a modification. It is a partial front view explaining a cloth end positioning tool. It is a fragmentary top view explaining a cloth end positioning tool. It is a partial left view explaining a cloth end positioning tool. It is a fragmentary top view explaining the cloth end positioning tool concerning a modification.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Embroidery frame 2 Support frame 3 Holding frame 4a, 4b Cloth edge positioning tool 5 Work cloth 5a Cloth edge 10 Clamping part 11 Guide part 16 Main scale 17 Sub scale 24 Folding part 46 Receiving surface 47 Fixing mechanism 50 Clamping screw 54 Clamping plate Portions 60a, 60b Cloth edge positioning tool 62 Fixing mechanism 64 Receiving surface 71 Receiving member

Claims (6)

In an embroidery frame comprising a rectangular support frame and a presser frame, and holding a work cloth between the support frame and the presser frame,
A holding part that is formed on the support frame and holds the work cloth in cooperation with the presser frame;
A guide part formed on the outer peripheral part of the clamping part and extending upward;
A pair of cloth end positioning tools slidably attached to a pair of sides facing each other of the guide part and releasable by a fixing mechanism;
An embroidery frame comprising a vertical receiving surface for receiving and positioning a cloth edge formed on each cloth edge positioning tool.   The embroidery frame according to claim 1, wherein the cloth edge positioning tool is detachably attached to the guide portion.   The embroidery frame according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion is formed to be inclined upward and outward. A folded portion bent downward is formed on the upper end of the guide portion,
The fixing mechanism includes a clamping screw that passes through the cloth end positioning tool and is disposed outside the folding part, and a clamping unit that is formed integrally with the cloth end positioning tool so as to oppose the clamping screw across the folding part. The embroidery frame according to claim 1, further comprising a plate portion.   The receiving member for receiving the cloth end is detachably attached from the receiving surface of one cloth end positioning tool to the receiving surface of the other cloth end positioning tool. An embroidery frame according to any one of the above.   The embroidery frame according to claim 1, wherein a scale is formed on the guide portion.

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