Patent ID: 9708871
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: E21B,G01F,G01N

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a body having a central axis; a fluid inlet coupled to said body, said fluid inlet being adapted to receive a flow of a fluid; a fluid outlet coupled to said body, said fluid outlet being adapted to receive at least a portion of said flow of said fluid from said fluid inlet, wherein said fluid inlet and said fluid outlet are substantially coaxially aligned so as to define a flow axis through said apparatus, said flow axis being laterally offset from and substantially perpendicular to said central axis of said body; and a rotating blade assembly disposed within said body and comprising a plurality of blades, wherein said rotating blade assembly is adapted to be continuously and controllably rotated about said central axis and to control a fluid level of said flow of said fluid entering said fluid inlet during said continuous and controlled rotation by variably adjusting an angular velocity of said rotating blade assembly.