Electrically driven device comprising a housing (4), an electric motor (1) with a drive shaft (2) and a drive pin (3) connected to the drive shaft (2) eccentrically, and a driven shaft (12) mounted in the housing (4), which is indirectly coupled to the drive shaft (2) by means of a gear mechanism comprising a scotch yoke mechanism (5, 7) converting a rotary motion of the drive shaft (2) into a reciprocating pivoting motion of the driven shaft (12), said mechanism comprises a cross slider (7) having a sliding support (6) which extends perpendicular to the drive shaft (2) and which receives the drive pin (3), wherein the cross slider (7) is guided in the housing (4) by means of at least two pivotable links (8, 9), and the driven shaft (12) is coupled to the cross slider (7) by means of a pivotable arm (13).
