The invention discloses an oscillating rod type cloth-pressing handle which comprises a cloth-pressing handle and a round needle disk, and is characterized by further comprising a machine frame, two bolts, a lower pressing plate, an upper pressing plate, a connecting plate, a screw rod, a hand wheel, a sliding rod, a sliding base, an oscillating rod, an extension spring, a rotating shaft, an operating rod, a cloth-pressing handle pressing screw, a limiting device, a seat plate pin, a seat plate and a sliding seat locking screw, wherein the limiting device comprises a limiting seat, a lower limiting screw and an upper limiting screw; the limiting seat is welded on the seat plate; the upper limiting screw and the lower limiting screw are connected and arranged to the upper part and the lower part of the limiting seat respectively through threads; the machine frame is provided with a big waist-shaped hole, a sliding rod hole, a short waist-shaped hole and a long waist-shaped hole; a limiting block is arranged at the lower end of the screw rod. The oscillating rod type cloth-pressing handle is novel in structure, labor-saving in operation, high in production efficiency, excellent in pressing effect and long in service life.