Sewing machine with embroidery frame support

A sewing machine for driving a cylindrical frame, said sewing machine comprising:

• said cylindrical frame being adapted to hold fabric stretched thereover and having an inner surface, said cylindrical frame covering the outside of a cylinder bed having a front end, said cylindrical frame being adapted to be driven in the axial direction of said cylindrical frame and around the axis of said cylindrical frame;
• a bobbin case having an underside and a needle plate provided at the front end of said cylinder bed;
• a guide member guiding said cylindrical frame from the inside, said guide member being mounted on said cylinder bed, said cylinder bed being located below said needle plate;
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• a partial cylindrical surface on said guide member concentric to said cylindrical frame being formed in the proximity of the inside surface of said cylindrical frame.