Patent ID: 8506230

Claim:
A distributor device that is arranged to feed granular, lump-like and/or powderous loose material through the upper part of a tank to the interior of the tank, said distributor device comprising: a distribution chute that extends inside the tank at an inclined angle (ex) with respect to the vertical direction for distributing the material in the interior of the tank, a rotation frame that is rotatable around a vertical central rotation axis and includes an essentially vertical inlet channel that extends to the interior of the tank, to the lower part of which rotation frame the distribution chute is attached, said inlet channel opening upwardly for receiving any gravitationally moving loose material and downwardly for discharging said loose material to the distribution chute and through the distribution chute further to the tank, a circular support frame that is attached horizontally to the rotation frame and concentrically with respect to the vertical central rotation axis, a number of support rollers are connected to the tank, so that the axes of the support rollers are positioned radially in relation to the central rotation axis, said support rollers being arranged in contact with the support frame in order to support the rotation frame on the support rollers, and for bearing mounting the rotation frame to be rotary in relation to the tank, an actuator that is arranged to rotate the rotation frame, wherein at least one of the support rollers is arranged as a support roller driving the rotation frame, which support roller the actuator is arranged to rotate; that the distributor device includes a counterweight that is attached to the rotation frame on the opposite side of the central rotation axis in relation to the distribution chute, said counterweight being arranged to balance the rotation frame; that the counterweight is entirely located outside the tank; and that the counterweight is a set of weights, composed of a number of mutually superimposed weight plates.