The invention relates to a distribution chute (100) for a charging device of the rotary pivotal type, e.g. for a
shaft furnace. The chute has an upstream mounting head (114) and a chute body (112) having an elongated downstream chute portion (116) with a longitudinal axis (L). It further includes at least two lateral suspensions (130) at the mounting head for mounting the chute to at least two corresponding support flanges of the charging device, the support flanges (140) being pivotable about the pivoting axis (B) in a raising sense (R) for raising the outlet (120) to a radially outer-most charging position and in an opposite lowering sense for lowering the outlet to a radially innermost charging position with respect to the
rotational axis. The suspensions (130) define a first and a second tilt points, which define, in turn, a tilt axis (T), about which the weight of the chute exerts torque onto support flanges of the charging device when the chute is mounted. The suspensions are configured in such a way that the ratio of the distance between the tilt axis and the pivoting axis to the distance between the first and second tilt points (which corresponds at least approximatively to the distance between the suspensions) amounts to 0.25 at most. According to the invention, the suspensions (130, 230, 330) are arranged so that an
acute angle (a) from the longitudinal axis (L) to a
virtual plane (P) through the tilt axis (T) and the center of gravity (G) of the chute has an
angular measure in the raising sense (R) that has a small positive or a negligibly negative value.