Vertical turbine fluid meter

Claim 1

A METER ASSEMBLY FOR MEASURING FLUID FLOW COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF A HOUSING HAVING A FLUID INLET AND A FLUID OUTLET, SAID HOUSING HAVING A CENTRAL CAVITY THEREWITHIN FOR RECEIVING A TURBINE CASE, SAID TURBINE CASE BEING FORMED WITH A FLUID INJECTION ORIFICE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FLUID INLET AND A FLUID EJECTION ORIFICE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FLUID OUTLET, TURBINE MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID TURBINE CASE FOR ROTATION IN RESPONSE TO FLUID FLOW THROUGH A FLUID PATH DEFINED BY SAID FLUID INLET, SAID FLUID INJECTION ORIFICE, SAID TURBINE MEANS, SAID FLUID EJECTION ORIFICE AND SAID FLUID OUTLET, JOURNAL MEANS COUPLING SAID TURBINE CASE TO SAID HOUSING FOR ROTATING SAID TURBINE CASE IN SAID CAVITY AROUND AN AXIS DISPLACED 45* FROM THE AXIS OF TURBINE ROTATION, MEANS FOR SECURING SAID TURBINE CASE IN A SELECTED ROTATED POSITION IN SAID CAVITY, THEREBY ENABLING SAID TURBINE MEANS TO BE VERTICALLY ORIENTED IN ITS OPERATIVE POSITION REGARDLESS OF THE ORIENTATION OF THE HOUSING, FLUID BARRIER MEANS BETWEEN SAID TURBINE CASE AND SAID HOUSING SEPARATING SAID FLUID INLET AND FLUID INJECTION ORIFICE FROM SAID FLUID OUTLET AND FLUID EJECTION ORIFICE, REGISTER MEANS FOR INDICATING FLUID FLOW, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLING SAID REGISTER MEANS TO SAID TURBINE MEANS.