Patent ID: 8795582

Claim:
A device for distributing a molten material comprising: a tilting runner supported so as to be capable of tilting about a substantially horizontal tilt axis; a drive unit comprising a motor reducer unit; and force transmission means connecting said motor reducer unit to the tilting runner, so as to transmit to the latter a tilt moment about the tilt axis thereof; wherein, said force transmission means comprises a drum winch driven by said motor reducer unit and at least one length of cable which respectively winds onto said drum or unwinds from the latter; one end of the length of cable being attached to said tilting runner at a distance from the tilt axis thereof, so as to be capable of applying said tilt moment to said tilting runner, wherein said force transmission means comprises a first length of cable which respectively winds onto said drum or unwinds from the latter and a second length cable which respectively winds onto said drum or unwinds from the latter, wherein one of the first and second lengths of cable winds onto said drum and the other of the first and second lengths of cable unwinds from said drum; one end of said first length of cable being attached to said tilting runner so as to be capable of applying to the latter a tilt moment in a first direction, and an end of said second length of cable being attached to said tilting runner so as to be capable of applying to the latter a tilt moment in an second direction about the tilt axis thereof.