Patent ID: 8651455

Claim:
A device for converting a pivoting movement of a pinion into a translational movement of a slide, the device comprising: a slide mounting member and a mounting part connected to the pinion in rotation and to the slide in translation, wherein the pinion is mounted to pivot relative to the mounting member which comprises a fixed tubular wall, and wherein the tubular wall is provided with at least one cam surface acting on a follower roller mounted on the mounting part, wherein the pinion is carried by the mounting member coaxially with the tubular wall, wherein the mounting member comprises a pivot which is coaxial with the tubular wall and on which the pinion is mounted, and wherein the mounting member is a bell with a crown to which the pivot is connected, the crown having an opening that is crossed over by a connecting part connecting the pinion to the mounting part, wherein the opening is positioned between the pinion and the mounting part.