A vertical shaft impact crusher feed hopper distribution device (26) is adapted for feeding material to be crushed to a rotor (2) of a vertical shaft impact crusher (1). The feed hopper distribution device (26) is adapted to be mounted in a feed hopper means (6) feeding material to the rotor (2) and comprises a supply channel (68) which is adapted for forwarding material from an inlet opening (70) arranged adjacent to an upper end (72) of the supply channel (68) to a hopper bottom opening (28) arranged in a bottom (48) of the feed hopper means (6) and communicating with the rotor (2). The supply channel (68) has a cross-section that widens along at least a portion of the distance from the upper end (72) to a lower end (74) of the supply channel (68).
