Electrically operated driving device

Electrically operated driving device for staples, nails or the like, comprising an electric motor, a disc coupled to the electric motor, a cam means which cooperates with a driving pusher and with which the disc is movable into engagement to displace the driving pusher against a driving spring, and a trigger for actuation of the electric motor via an electrical switch including an actuating element, wherein between the switch and the trigger there is arranged a linkage which in the inactive state of the trigger is automatically aligned in the direction of actuation of the actuating element, and the disc and the shaft of the electric motor, respectively, has arranged thereon a projection such that it engages the linkage and moves it out of engagement with the actuating element when the driving pusher is released in its raised position.