Lock regulation mechanism for a binding machine

A binding machine comprising:

• a magazine including an accommodation part configured to accommodate a reel on which a wire is wound, and a lid part configured to cover the accommodation part to be openable and closable, the accommodation part including a side wall portion and a circumferential wall portion erected from the side wall portion;
• a wire feeding unit including a pair of feeding gears configured to feed the wire in a forward direction in which the wire is pulled out from the magazine and in a reverse direction in which the wire is pulled back to the magazine;
• a curl forming unit including a curl guide configured to form a path along which the wire fed in the forward direction by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around an object;
• a binding unit configured to twist the wire fed in the reverse direction and wound on the object by the wire feeding unit, the binding unit including a wire locking body, a sleeve, and a rotary shaft;
• and
• a plurality of regulating portions including a locking portion and a locked portion configured to match with each other by a convex portion and a concave portion, the regulating portions being configured to regulate opening of the lid part from a closed state in which the accommodation part is closed by the lid, wherein:
• one of the plurality of regulating portions is a first regulating portion which has the locking portion provided on the lid part and the locked portion provided on a main body part to which the accommodation part is attached, the locking portion being configured to be locked to the locked portion,
• another of the plurality of regulating portions is a third regulating portion which has a lock lever configured to be movable between a closed position where the lid part is kept in a closed state and an open position where the lid part is openable, and
• the locking portion is locked to the locked portion by moving the lock lever to the closed position.