The invention relates to a cloth cleaning
machine and a cleaning method, and belongs to the field of cloth cleaning. The cloth cleaning
machine comprises a main
machine, a water tank, a base, a cleaning head, a cleaning
pipe and an
elbow joint, the water tank comprises a tank body and a tank cover, the cloth cleaning machine is structurally characterized by further comprising a locking device used for connecting the water tank with the main machine in a clamping mode and connecting the tank cover with the tank body when the water tank is taken and placed, and the main machine, the water tank and the
elbow joint are all installed on the base. The
elbow joint is connected with the cleaning
pipe, the cleaning
pipe is connected with the cleaning head, the box cover is installed on the box body, the locking device comprises a sliding lock, a sliding lock support, a sliding lock spring, a sliding lock
cam and a sliding lock hole, the sliding lock support is arranged on the box cover, the sliding lock is installed on the sliding lock support, and the sliding lock spring is installed on the sliding lock
cam. The two ends of the sliding lock spring abut against the sliding lock and the box cover respectively, the sliding lock
cam is arranged on the sliding lock, the sliding lock hole is formed in the box body, and the sliding lock is matched with the sliding lock hole.