Patent ID: 7281437

Claim:
A flow compensating basket for a fluid measuring system of the type having a meter register mounted on a flow distributing chamber, a portion of the flow distributing chamber mounted in the flow compensating basket and a vane wheel rotatably mounted in the flow distributing chamber, the flow compensating basket comprising: a hollow cylindrical member having an open end and an opposite closed end, sidewall of the cylindrical member having a plurality of spaced banks with solid sidewall portions between adjacent banks, each of the banks having a plurality of holes extending through the sidewall, with the holes of each bank arranged in rows and columns, wherein at least one of the following of (1) distance between the banks, (2) the number of rows in the banks, (3) the number of columns in the banks, and (4) the size of the holes in the banks is varied around the sidewall to control the fluid flow through the holes of the banks.