Locking mechanism and cooking machine

A cooking machine comprising:

• a door;
• a control panel;
• a door opening button provided with a door-opening member for opening the door;
• and
• a locking mechanism comprising:
• a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the locking mechanism is selectively switchable between the locked state, in which the door cannot be opened even if the door-opening button is pressed in the locked state, and the unlocked state, in which the door can be opened if the door-opening button is pressed in the unlocked state;
• a position-limiting member;
• and
• an eject pin which comprises a paddle and a guide, wherein the paddle is engaged or disengaged with the guide when the eject pin is pressed, and wherein the position-limiting member is movable in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the door-opening member by movement of the eject pin.

A locking mechanism for a control panel of a cooking machine to control a door-opening button of the cooking machine, the door-opening button being provided with a door-opening member for opening a door of the cooking machine, wherein the locking mechanism comprises:

• a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the locking mechanism is selectively switchable between the locked state, in which the door cannot be opened even if the door-opening button is pressed in the locked state, and the unlocked state, in which the door can be opened if the door-opening button is pressed in the unlocked state;
• a position-limiting member, which has a through hole;
• an eject pin, wherein the position-limiting member is movable in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the door-opening member by movement of the eject pin;
• and
• a blocking cover,
• wherein the position-limiting member is provided between the blocking cover and the control panel, and
• wherein the blocking cover is provided with a notch at a position corresponding to the door-opening member, and the door-opening member is capable of passing through the through hole and the notch in the unlocked state.