Feeding device for a printer connected to a gas vent shaft furnace

The invention relates to a supply device for a shaft furnace connected to a gas extracting unit, having a feed device leading to the head of the upper vessel of the furnace and a loading device at least partially integrated in the atmosphere in the furnace for filling the furnace vessel with bulk material. The loading device consists of a drum which is rotatable about a rotational axis arranged horizontally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the furnace and has, at the circumference thereof, a sector-shaped cutout for introducing and removing the load.