Patent ID: 6969824

Claim:
A door and latch assembly for use on an electric arc engine welder, the door and latch assembly comprising: a door mounted on an associated arc engine welder housing, the door movable between a door open position wherein an associated opening on the associated housing is accessible and a door closed position wherein the door covers the associated opening; a latch pivotally mounted on the door, the latch movable between a latch closed position wherein the latch locks the door in the door closed position and a latch open position wherein the door is movable toward the door open position; a latch trigger pivotally mounted on the door, the latch trigger movable between a latch trigger first position wherein the latch trigger maintains the latch in the latch closed position and a latch trigger second position wherein the latch is allowed to move from the latch closed position to the latch open position; and a locking device on the door adjacent the latch, the locking device locking the latch in the latch closed position when the locking device is enabled and allowing the latch to move from the latch closed position toward the latch open position when the locking device is disabled, the locking device positioned to be engaged by the latch when enabled to thereby obstruct movement of the latch and lock the latch in the latch closed position.