1. A syringe allowing a user to combine a liquid and a powder to form a mixture, comprising:
a. a liquid housing, containing said liquid, having a first end and a second end;
b. a powder housing, containing said powder, having a first end and a second end;
c. wherein said second end of said liquid housing is locked to said first end of said powder housing so that said liquid housing does not move with respect to said powder housing;
d. a breachable barrier separating said liquid housing from said powder housing;
e. an outlet, fluidly connected to said second end of said powder housing;
f. a plunger, having a first end and a second end;
g. a breaching element, located on said second end of said plunger;
h. a plunger head, located on said first end of said plunger and extending out from said first end of said liquid housing; and
i. wherein said plunger is slidably attached to said liquid housing, so that when said user presses said plunger head toward said first end of said liquid housing, said breaching element breaches said breachable barrier.
2. A syringe as recited in claim 1, wherein:
a. said liquid housing and said powder housing are separate containers; and
b. said breachable barrier comprises a first breachable seal over said second end of said liquid housing and a second breachable seal over said first end of said powder housing.
3. A syringe as recited in claim 2, further comprising:
a. a first flange proximate said second end of said liquid housing;
b. wherein said first breachable seal comprises a foil seal adhesively affixed to said liquid housing at said first flange;
c. a second flange proximate said first end of said powder housing; and
d. wherein said second breachable seal comprises a foil seal adhesively affixed to said powder housing at said second flange.
4. A syringe as recited in claim 1, wherein said lock between said liquid housing and said powder housing is selected from the group comprising a linking clip and a threaded engagement.
5. A syringe as recited in claim 1, wherein said lock between said liquid housing and said powder housing results from said liquid housing and said powder housing being made as one integral unit.
6. A syringe as recited in claim 1 wherein said lock between said liquid housing and said powder housing is an adhesive joint.
7. A syringe as recited in claim 1 wherein said lock between said liquid housing and said powder housing is the result of said liquid housing and said powder housing being made as one integral unit.
8. A mixing device allowing a user to combine a liquid and a powder to form a mixture, comprising:
a. an enclosure;
b. a primary piston, slidaby mounted within said enclosure, wherein said primary piston divides said enclosure into a first volume on a first side of said piston and a second volume on a second side of said piston;
c. a volume of liquid initially located within said first volume;
d. a volume of powder initially located within said second volume;
e. a passage through said primary piston, whereby said passage fluidly connects said first volume to said second volume;
f. a breachable barrier preventing fluid communication between said first volume and said second volume;
g. a plunger movably mounted within said enclosure, wherein the motion of said plunger opens said breachable barrier, thereby allowing said volume of liquid to flow through said passage into said volume of powder, thereby forming said mixture; and
h. wherein a portion of said plunger forms a seal against said primary piston once said mixture is formed so that further motion of said plunger propels said sealed primary piston into said second volume.
9. A mixing device as recited in claim 8, further comprising:
a. a secondary piston, connected to said plunger and slidably mounted within said first volume; and
b. wherein when said plunger moves toward said second volume, said secondary piston forces said volume of liquid through said primary piston.
10. A mixing device as recited in claim 9, wherein:
a. said secondary piston includes at least one air vent; and
b. said at least one air vent meters the escape of gas contained within said enclosure past said secondary piston, thereby limiting the speed at which said plunger can be moved toward said primary piston.
11. A mixing device as recited in claim 10, further comprising at least one vent block, positioned to seal off said at least one vent for a portion of the motion of said plunger.
12. A syringe as recited in claim 11, wherein said secondary piston compresses the contents of said liquid housing while said at least one vent block seals said at least one vent.
13. A syringe as recited in claim 8, wherein:
a. said liquid housing and said powder housing are separate containers; and
b. said breachable barrier comprises a first breachable seal over said second end of said liquid housing and a second breachable seal over said first end of said powder housing.
14. A syringe as recited in claim 13, wherein said lock between said liquid housing and said powder housing is selected from the group comprising a linking clip, and a threaded engagement.
15. A syringe as recited in claim 13, wherein said seal comprises:
a. a male conical surface connected to said plunger; and
b. a female conical surface on said primary piston proximate said passage.
16. A syringe as recited in claim 13, wherein said seal comprises:
a. a male spherical surface connected to said plunger; and
b. a female spherical surface on said primary piston proximate said passage.
17. A syringe as recited in claim 13, wherein said lock between said liquid housing and said powder housing is an adhesive joint.
18. A mixing device as recited in claim 8, wherein said seal comprises:
a. a male conical surface connected to said plunger; and
b. a female conical surface on said primary piston proximate said passage.
19. A mixing device as recited in claim 8, wherein said seal comprises:
a. a male spherical surface connected to said plunger; and
b. a female spherical surface on said primary piston proximate said passage.
20. A mixing device as recited in claim 8, wherein said seal comprises an occluding member connected to said plunger, whereby said occluding member is larger than the portion of said passage proximate said first volume, so that when said occluding member bears against said primary piston, said occluding member seals said passage.
21. A syringe allowing a user to combine a liquid and a powder to form a mixture prior to injecting said mixture into a patient, comprising:
a. a powder housing, containing said powder, having a first end and a second end;
b. a liquid housing, containing said liquid, having a first end and a second end;
c. wherein said second end of said powder housing is locked to said first end of said liquid housing so that said liquid housing does not move with respect to said powder housing;
d. a piercable barrier separating said second end of said powder housing from said first end of said liquid housing;
e. a needle, fluidly connected to said second end of said liquid housing;
f. a plunger, having a first end and a second end;
g. a piercer, located on said second end of said plunger;
h. a plunger head, located on said first end of said plunger and extending out from said first end of said liquid housing; and
i. wherein said plunger is slidably attached to said powder housing, so that when said user presses said plunger head toward said first end of said powder housing, said piercer pierces said piercable barrier.
22. A syringe as recited in claim 21, further comprising:
a. a primary piston, slidably mounted within said liquid housing;
b. a passage through said primary piston, whereby when said piercer pierces said piercable barrier, said powder will flow through said primary piston and come in contact with said liquid, thereby forming said mixture; and
c. a seal for sealing said passage when said piercer bears against said primary piston, so that when said user presses said plunger head further toward said powder housing, said piercer pushes said primary piston toward said second end of said liquid housing, thereby expelling said mixture through said needle.
23. A syringe allowing a user to combine a liquid and a powder to form a mixture prior to injecting said mixture into a patient, comprising:
a. a liquid housing, containing said liquid, having a first end and a second end;
b. a powder housing, containing said powder, having a first end and a second end;
c. a piercable barrier separating said second end of said liquid housing from said first end of said powder housing;
d. a needle, fluidly connected to said second end of said powder housing;
e. a plunger, having a first end and a second end;
f. a piercer, located on said second end of said plunger;
g. a plunger head, located on said first end of said plunger and extending out from said first end of said liquid housing;
h. wherein said plunger is slidably attached to said liquid housing, so that when said user presses said plunger head toward said first end of said liquid housing, said piercer pierces said piercable barrier;
i. a primary piston, slidably mounted within said powder housing;
j. a passage through said primary piston, whereby when said piercer pierces said piercable barrier, said liquid will flow through said primary piston and come in contact with said powder, thereby forming said mixture; and
k. wherein a portion of said piercer forms a seal against said primary piston so that when said user presses said plunger head further toward said liquid housing, said plunger pushes said primary piston toward said second end of said powder housing, thereby expelling said mixture through said needle.
24. A syringe as recited in claim 23, further comprising:
a. a secondary piston, located on said plunger between said plunger head and said piercer; and
b. wherein when said user presses said plunger head toward said liquid housing, said secondary piston forces said liquid through said piercable barrier.
25. A syringe as recited in claim 24, wherein:
a. said secondary piston includes at least one air vent; and
b. said at least one air vent meters the escape of gas contained within said liquid housing and said powder housing past said secondary piston, thereby limiting the speed at which said user can press said plunger head further toward said liquid housing.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Antenna arrangement comprising:
a mounting core is surrounded by a radome, and
antenna elements for receiving andor transmitting being arranged between the mounting core and the radome,
wherein:
the antenna arrangement is subdivided at least into an upper antenna section with the mounting core, the antenna elements and the radome, and at least one lower antenna section which is axially adjacent and underneath said upper antenna section,
the lower antenna section is equipped as a service zone having an internal area and at least one access opening which runs in the circumferential direction to the internal area in the service zone, and
the radome is held and anchored elastically via at least two damping arrangements which are offset with respect to one another.
2. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the damping arrangements rests at least in places on the upper edge andor on the lower edge of the external circumference of the radome.
3. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the damping arrangements rests at least in places on the upper edge andor on the lower edge of the internal circumference of the radome.
4. Antenna arrangement according to one of claim 1, wherein, at the upper end of the radome, the damping arrangements rests on an end face of the radome which points upwards, andor on the end face of the radome at the lower end of the radome, which points downwards.
5. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the damping arrangements are prestressed as they rests on the radome.
6. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the damping arrangements clasp the upper andor lower edge of the radome such that they completely surrounds the end face.
7. Antenna arrangement according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the damping arrangements is prestressed or precompressed as it rests on the radome.
8. Antenna arrangement according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the damping arrangements is held pressed against the radome with prestressing which can be selected in advance.
9. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, further comprising a pressure absorber is provided at the upper andor lower edge of the radome which applies pressure to the upper andor to the lower end of the radome, with prestressing which can be selected in advance and with the interposition of the damping arrangements.
10. Antenna arrangement according to claim 9, wherein the pressure absorber which is provided at the upper andor at the lower end of the radome has supporting shoulders, on which at least one of the damping arrangements is supported, and produces prestressing forces in the at least one damping arrangement which acts on the adjacent external circumference, on the internal circumference andor in the axial direction on the associated end face of the radome.
11. Antenna arrangement according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the damping arrangements is also provided in the internal area of the radome, between the pressure absorber and the mounting core.
12. Antenna arrangement according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the damping arrangements is also provided between the pressure absorber and the webs which run between the mounting core and the inner face of the radome.
13. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the pressure absorber is prestressed in the direction of the mounting core.
14. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the opposite end faces of the radome are held in an elastically prestressed manner between an upper and a lower pressure absorber, with the interposition of at least one of the damping arrangements in each case, the upper and lower pressure absorbers being braced with respect to one another, via one or more tie rods which run between the two pressure absorbers.
15. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the service zone is in the form of a mount connected on its upper end face at least indirectly to the lower face of the upper antenna arrangement, and in that the end lower face of the mount can be mounted on an antenna base.
16. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein at least two openings which can be closed are formed in the mount which is used as the service zone running in the circumferential direction.
17. Antenna arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the openings can be closed by covers.
18. Antenna arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the opening can be closed by use of modules which are provided in the internal area of the service zone or can be mounted there, so that at least a portion of the housing wall of one module is used as a closing cover for the opening in the service zone.
19. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the lower end face and mounting face on the upper antenna arrangement is formed by the pressure absorber which is arranged at the bottom.
20. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein connecting points are provided in the area of the service zone and lead to the antenna elements which are accommodated in the upper antenna section, and in that these connecting points being connected in the area of the service zone, via electrical modules and units which are accommodated there, andor directly via connecting cables.
21. Antenna arrangement according to claim 20, wherein the connecting points are provided on cables or cable ends which are passed through the base station are held and anchored by means of strain-relief devices.
22. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the service zone comprises a mount with an upper and a lower mounting plate, with the upper end face having a central section which is used as a mounting section for the mounting core.
23. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the mount on the service zone has a central aperture opening on its lower end face.
24. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the service zone comprises one or more mounts which are arranged axially one above the other and can be axially fixed to one another.
25. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the mount on the service zone is provided on its lower contact end face with elongated holes which are located offset in the circumferential direction, the elongated holes being in the form of partial circles whose lengths are designed such that at least two bolts, which are located offset in the circumferential direction, pass through the elongated hole and can be screwed into the mounting plate located underneath said elongated hole in the antenna base or into an end-face mounting plate located underneath the elongated hole in a further service zone.
26. Antenna arrangement according to claim 1, wherein widely differing antenna modules are accommodated in the internal area of the service zone, amplifiers (TMA, TMB) and units being controlled remotely in order to set different depression angles for the antenna element device.
27. An antenna having a radome, said antenna comprising:
a first antenna section comprising at least one antenna element;
a second antenna section comprising at least one further antenna element, the first and second antenna sections being commonly supported and displaced from one another, said second antenna section providing at least one circumferential access opening; and
plural offset damping elements disposed in proximity to said circumferential access opening, said plural offset damping elements elastically anchoring said radome.