Abstract: A safety locking mechanism for a pressure cooker includes a member slideable within a handle of the lid of the cooker between a first position in which the handle of the lid and a handle of the cooker body are locked against movement relative to each other, and a second position in which a seal of the cooker is released and a valve of the cooker is moved to an open position to release pressure from within the cooker.
Abstract: A pressure cooker has a pressure regulating control mounted on the cover handle thereof, the control, except when in its zero pressure position, acting to lock a locking mechanism supported within the top handle to prevent attachment removal of the cover from the main body of the pressure cooker.