A protection device comprises a cover body, a tongue piece, a combination structure, an actuation structure, and a buckling structure. The combination structure enables the rear end of the cover body to be joined with the tail part of the tongue piece. The tongue piece has a flexible part for enabling the head part of the tongue piece to reciprocate between an opening position and a closing position. When being at the closing position, a butterfly needle is retreated into the tongue piece and both two are placed into the cover body at the same time, while the buckling structure is used to prevent the tongue piece from leaving the cover body. Therefore, the needle head of the butterfly needle is protected by the cover body and the tongue piece, so as to maintain the safety of the medical waste recycler while providing effects of labor saving and automation.一種保護裝置,包括一蓋體、一舌片、一結合構造、一致動結構與一卡扣結構。該結合構造讓蓋體後端與舌片尾部聯結在一起。該舌片有一可撓部,使舌片頭部在一張開位置與一閉合位置往復運動。在閉合位置時,一蝴蝶針具退入舌片,二者同時置入蓋體內,以卡扣結構阻止舌片離開蓋體。如此,該蝴蝶針具的針頭被蓋體與舌片保護,維護醫療廢棄物回收者的安全,兼具省力與自動等效果。10‧‧‧蓋體11‧‧‧前端部12‧‧‧後端13‧‧‧側板14‧‧‧主翼片15‧‧‧容納部16‧‧‧卡榫17‧‧‧第一位階面18‧‧‧第二位階面19‧‧‧凸曲面20‧‧‧舌片21‧‧‧頭部22‧‧‧尾部23‧‧‧可撓部24‧‧‧側片25‧‧‧副翼片26‧‧‧結合孔27‧‧‧斜邊30‧‧‧帶31‧‧‧隆起部32‧‧‧孔44‧‧‧支柱46‧‧‧凹部48‧‧‧凸柱50‧‧‧凸緣52‧‧‧鉤部54‧‧‧卡掣塊56‧‧‧斜面60‧‧‧通道