The present invention relates to a
welding spatter protection device (1) comprising: - a support structure (2); - a movable structure (10), which delimits a first internal shielding cavity (11) by means of a plurality of internal side walls (11a,11b,11c,11d) and is movable with respect to said support structure (2) by means of a first
actuator (15) between a lowered position, in which in use said first
internal cavity (11) is placed astride the
welding zone, and a raised position, in which in use said first
internal cavity (11) is moved away from said
welding zone, - a cleaning
system (20) for cleaning the internal side walls (11a,11b,11c,11d) of said first
internal cavity from welding spatter, comprising a scraper (21). Two second walls (11c,11d) interconnect said two first walls (11a,11b) to each other and define two concentric cylindrical surfaces. The scraper (21) is rotationally connected to said movable structure (10) by means of a support arm (22) which is pivoted on a rotation axis (Y1) coincident with the axis (O) of said two concentric cylindrical surfaces (11c, 11d) and supports said scraper (21), keeping it aligned on a
radial plane, said support arm (22) being actuatable by means of a second
actuator (25). The circumferential ends (11c',11c";11d',11d") of said two concentric cylindrical surfaces (11c,11d) at an inlet mouth (12) and at an internal stop position are radially aligned so that the scraper (21) is always in contact with said two concentric cylindrical surfaces (11c,11d), said two concentric cylindrical surfaces (11c,11d) being oriented so that the radially outermost cylindrical surface (11c) extends beyond the bottom wall (10a) of said movable structure (10), defining a shielding
appendage (16).