Patent ID: 8021290

Claim:
An apparatus for extracting particulates from a fluid, comprising: a distribution rotor configured to rotate with rotation of a spindle; a spindle passageway, inside the spindle, disposed for delivering the fluid to the distribution rotor; a plurality of distribution rotor channels in the distribution rotor positioned on the upper end of the spindle, the distribution rotor channels disposed to communicate the fluid from the spindle passageway inside the spindle and expel the fluid orthogonally from ends of the rotor channels to the outer rotor; and an outer rotor, disposed for receiving the fluid expelled from the distribution rotor through centrifugal force, and configured to rotate with rotation of the spindle such that during operation of the apparatus the centrifugal force holds at least a portion of the particulates in the fluid to the outer rotor while the fluid may flow down an interior surface of the outer rotor.