Patent ID: 8727691

Claim:
A charging device for a shaft furnace, comprising: a distribution chute having an elongated chute body providing a sliding channel for bulk material and two chute-mounting members attached laterally to either side of said chute body for mounting said distribution chute to said charging device; a mechanism for rotating said distribution chute, said mechanism having a rotatable support rotor with two suspension flanges cooperating with said chute-mounting members of said distribution chute for mounting said distribution chute; wherein each of said chute-mounting members comprises a hook-shaped portion that forms a suspension hook for mounting said distribution chute to said suspension flanges; wherein each of said suspension flanges has a support configured for engagement with said hook-shaped portion along a hook engagement direction; and wherein each of said chute-mounting members comprises an abutment portion that cooperates with a counter-abutment on the corresponding suspension flange to provide abutment in a direction transversal to said hook engagement direction so as to preclude pivoting of said distribution chute about the supports of said suspension flanges.