Welder's shield, in particular for arc welding

Welding shield in particular for arc welding provided with an adjustable fixing strap adapted to be placed onto the head of a welder, said shield having an inner surface adapted to face said welder and a lookout made of mirror-glass provided with an insert protecting the eye of the welder, said mirror-glass being arranged in a basic position at the eye-level of the welder when wearing said shield, in said basic position said mirror-glass is arranged parallel and adjacent a transparent flat-glass;

• a moving mechanism for moving said mirror-glass from its basic position to a second position away from said flat glass, said moving mechanism including a single-arm lever arranged on an inner surface of said welding shield, said lever being actuated by the chin of the welder, said moving mechanism being connected to a control mechanism having a base-plate fixed to a surface of said shield, a fastener arranged on a surface of said base-plate, having teeth, facing said welding shield and fixed to the arm of said single-arm lever, a closing wedge adapted to mesh with said teeth of said fastener for fixedly mounting said control mechanism in a given position, spring members for urging said control mechanism away from said given position and a control element adapted to release said control mechanism from said given position, said fastener, said closing wedge and said spring members being mounted on an outer surface of said shield opposite to said inner surface of said shield