Author: claimsbot

1. Antenna with coverage and frequency flexibility, comprising:
a reversible reflector having two separate reflecting surfaces shaped geometrically so as to cover respectively a first and a second geographical zone which are different and have predetermined shapes, wherein the two reflecting surfaces are fastened back to back on a common support; and
at least two independent sources arranged in a fixed configuration and connected to separate radio-frequency supply chains defining different and predefined operating frequency planes,
wherein the reflector has a first deployment position, in which the focal point of the first reflecting surface is located at the phase centre of the first source, and a second deployment position, in which the focal point of the second reflecting surface is located at the phase centre of the second source.
2. Antenna according to claim 1, further comprising:
means for deploying the reflector including at least one first motor; and
means for reversing the reflector including at least one second motor,
wherein the two motors have axes of rotation perpendicular to one another, the second motor actuating the reversal of the reflector from the first position to the second position by means of a rotation of the common support through a predetermined angle.
3. Antenna according to claim 1, wherein the reflector has a third deployment position, in which the focal point of the first reflecting surface is located at the phase centre of the second source, and a fourth deployment position, in which the focal point of the second reflecting surface is located at the phase centre of the first source.
4. Antenna according to claim 3, further comprising means for translating the reflector, including a third motor connected to the first motor and to the second motor by means of lever arms, the third motor having an axis of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of the first motor, the first and the third motor actuate the reflector in translation making it possible to change the position of the focal point of the first reflecting surface or of the second reflecting surface from the first source to the second source.
5. Antenna according to claim 1, wherein the sources are fastened side by side or one above the other.
6. Telecommunication satellite comprising at least one antenna according to claim 1.

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. An apparatus for supporting and displaying a planar object when connected to a mounting substrate defining at least one aperture, the supporting and displaying apparatus comprising:
an elongated body member having a longitudinal axis, the body member comprising
a planar web terminating in longitudinal edges,
a front wall and a rear wall extending from the longitudinal edges of the web and terminating in longitudinal edges, the front wall and the rear wall extending the length of the web, the web, the front wall and the rear wall terminating at their proximal ends in free edges, and
an end wall extending transversely with respect to and engaging the distal ends of the web, the front wall and the rear wall such that the web and the front and rear walls and the end wall define a longitudinal channel open at the proximal end and closed at the distal end for supporting the objects; and

a pair of arms extend rearwardly from the body member, the arms are formed on their ends with lugs extending transversely in opposite directions, at least one of the arms resiliently deflectable in a direction transversely of the longitudinal axis of the body member for engagement and retention of the lugs in the at least one aperture of the mounting substrate,
wherein during connection of the supporting and displaying apparatus to the mounting substrate the lugs are adapted to engage the portion of the mounting substrate defining the at least one aperture for moving the at least one of the arms inwardly so that the lugs pass through the aperture for permitting the arms to move outwardly and the lugs engage the mounting substrate to releasably connect the body member to the mounting substrate, and
wherein to disconnect the body member the arms are moved inwardly causing disengagement of the lugs from the mounting substrate so that the lugs pass through the opening allowing the body member to be moved away from the mounting substrate.
2. The supporting and displaying apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the distance between the front wall and the rear wall is sufficient to hold a plurality of planar objects.
3. The supporting and displaying apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the front wall and the rear wall are joined to the web intermediate the longitudinal edges of the front and rear walls, such that the web, the front wall and the rear wall and the end wall define opposed longitudinal channels.
4. The supporting and displaying apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein a first arm of the pair of arms is adjacent the closed distal end of the body member, and the second arm of the pair of arms is longitudinally spaced toward the open proximal end of the body member, and wherein the lug on the first arm is spaced a lesser distance from the body member than the lug on the second arm such that when connected to the mounting substrate the closed distal end of the body member is closer to the mounting substrate than the open proximal end of the body member.
5. The supporting and displaying apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the pair of arms are coplanar and longitudinally spaced.
6. The supporting and displaying apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising a flange extending rearwardly from adjacent the closed distal end of the body member and terminating in a longitudinal edge transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body member, and a downwardly extending planar edge portion integral with the longitudinal edge of the flange and terminating in a longitudinal edge, wherein the planar edge portion of the flange is adapted to be received in the at least one aperture in the mounting substrate.
7. The supporting and displaying apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one shoulder extending rearwardly of the body member and adapted for engagement with the mounting substrate to prevent movement of body member toward the mounting substrate.
8. The supporting and displaying apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising a plate member extending longitudinally rearwardly from the rear wall of the body member adjacent to the closed distal end of the body member to a point intermediate the length of the rear wall, the plate member tapering outwardly from the closed distal end of the body member, and wherein the pair of arms extending rearwardly from the plate member.
9. The supporting and displaying apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein a first arm of the pair of arms is adjacent the closed distal end of the body member, and the second arm of the pair of arms is longitudinally spaced toward the open proximal end of the body member such that the lug on the first arm is spaced a less distance from the body member than the lug on the second arm.
10. The supporting and displaying apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising a retention wall extending from the web adjacent to and only partially coextensive in length with the rear wall and terminating in a angularly directed tab, the web, rear wall and retention wall defining a slot for receiving a planar object, the tab adapted to engage the planar object for urging the planar object against the rear wall.
11. A system for supporting and displaying planar objects, the supporting and displaying system comprising:
a substrate having a mounting surface defining a plurality of spaced openings
a plurality of brackets for receiving and supporting the objects, each bracket comprising
an elongated body member having a longitudinal axis, the body member including
a planar web terminating in longitudinal edges,
a front wall and a rear wall extending from the longitudinal edges of the web and terminating in longitudinal edges, the front wall and the rear wall extending the length of the web, the web, the front wall and the rear wall terminating at their proximal ends in free edges, and
an end wall extending transversely with respect to and engaging the distal ends of the web, the front wall and the rear wall such that the web and the front and rear walls and the end wall define a longitudinal channel open at the proximal end and closed at the distal end for supporting the objects; and

a pair of arms extend rearwardly from the body member, the arms are formed on their ends with lugs extending transversely in opposite directions, at least one of the arms resiliently deflectable in a direction transversely of the longitudinal axis of the body member for engagement and retention of the lugs in the at least one aperture of the mounting substrate,

wherein during connection of the brackets to the substrate the lugs are adapted to engage the mounting surface defining the at least one opening for moving the at least one of the arms inwardly so that the lugs pass through the opening permitting the arms to move outwardly and the lugs to engage the substrate to releasably connect the brackets to the substrate in spaced relationship with the channels of adjacent brackets facing each other for receiving and supporting at least a portion of the planar objects extending between the facing channels of the brackets for visual observation and ease of removal of the objects for inspection, and
wherein to disconnect the bracket the arms are moved inwardly causing disengagement of the lugs from the substrate so that the lugs pass through the opening allowing the bracket to be moved away from the substrate.
12. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, wherein the distance between the front wall and the rear wall is sufficient to hold a plurality of planar objects.
13. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, wherein the front wall and the rear wall are joined to the web intermediate the longitudinal edges of the front and rear walls, such that the web, the front wall and the rear wall and the end wall define opposed longitudinal channels.
14. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, wherein a first arm of the pair of arms is adjacent the closed distal end of the bracket, and the second arm of the pair of arms is longitudinally spaced toward the open proximal end of the bracket, and wherein the lug on the first arm is spaced a lesser distance from the bracket than the lug on the second arm such that when connected to the substrate the closed distal end of the bracket is closer to the substrate than the open proximal end of the bracket.
15. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, wherein the pair of arms are coplanar and longitudinally spaced.
16. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, further comprising a flange extending rearwardly from adjacent the closed distal end of the brackets and terminating in a longitudinal edge transverse to the longitudinal axis of the brackets, and a downwardly extending planar edge portion integral with the longitudinal edge of the flange and terminating in a longitudinal edge, wherein the planar edge portion of the flange is adapted to be received an opening in the substrate.
17. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, further comprising at least one shoulder extending rearwardly from the brackets and adapted for engagement with the substrate to prevent movement of brackets toward the substrate.
18. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a plate member extending longitudinally rearwardly from the rear wall of the brackets from adjacent to the closed distal end of the brackets to a point intermediate the length of the rear wall, the plate member tapering outwardly from the closed distal end of the brackets, and wherein the pair of arms extending rearwardly from the plate member.
19. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 18, wherein a first arm of the pair of arms is adjacent the closed distal end of the brackets, and the second arm of the pair of arms is longitudinally spaced toward the open proximal end of the brackets such that the lug on the first arm is spaced a less distance from the brackets than the lug on the second arm.
20. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, further comprising a retention wall extending from the web adjacent to and only partially coextensive in length with the rear wall and terminating in a angularly directed tab, the web, rear wall and retention wall defining a slot for receiving a planar object, the tab adapted to engage the planar object for urging the planar object against the rear wall.
21. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, wherein the brackets are sized for displaying an upper portion of a major surface of the objects.
22. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the brackets are arranged on the substrate such that the longitudinal axes of the brackets are disposed substantially vertically.
23. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the brackets are arranged on the substrate such that the longitudinal axes of the brackets are disposed substantially horizontally.
24. The supporting and displaying system as recited in claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the brackets are arranged on the substrate in a partially overlapping shingled relationship.

1. An apparatus for securing an anchor to adjacent body cavities in the gastrointestinal tract comprising:
a needle with proximal and distal end portions, the needle including a hollow needle body and a detachable needle tip having a sharpened end;
a stylet positioned coaxially inside the hollow needle body, wherein the stylet includes a lumen;
a connecting element coupled to the detachable needle tip at one end, wherein the needle is configured to be inserted through a wall of a first body cavity and through a wall of a second body cavity and the stylet is advanceable to separate the needle tip from the hollow needle body so that the needle is configured to be withdrawn to leave behind a portion of the connecting element and the needle tip in the second body cavity;
an anchoring element having proximal and distal end portions, the distal end portion of the anchoring element attached to the proximal end of the connecting element, the anchoring element capable of being pulled through the first and second body cavity walls by the connecting element, the distal end portion of the anchoring element coupled to the proximal end portion of the anchoring element to form a loop; and
a dilating element positioned between the proximal end of the connecting element and the distal end of the anchoring element, the dilating element sized to dilate a tissue tunnel so that the anchoring element is configured to be drawn through the tunnel by the connecting element.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first body cavity is the esophagus and the second body cavity is the stomach.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first body cavity is the antrum pyloricum of the stomach and the second body cavity is the duodenum.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first body cavity is a first portion of an intestine and the second body cavity is second portion of the intestine.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the anchoring element comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of a suture, tie, thread, band, cord, web, strap, belt, elongated piece of mesh, wire, and a biocompatible patch.
6. The anchoring element of claim 5 wherein the anchoring element comprises a suture.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the anchoring element is initially folded or coiled before deployment and the anchoring element assumes an unfolded or uncoiled configuration after deployment.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the anchoring element is coated with a coating.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising a securement element, said securement element coupling the proximal and distal ends of the anchoring element together.
10. The anchoring element of claim 1 further comprising an anchoring portion configured to facilitate the attachment of additional devices.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the connecting element comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of a suture, thread, plastic filament or wire.

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. An explosive composition comprising RDX Type I, a polyacrylic elastomer and a plasticizer, characterised in that the RDX crystals represent a proportion in the range 88-96% by weight of the composition, and that the RDX crystals comprises a portion of coarse crystals with an average crystal size in the range 50 to 250 \u03bcm and a portion of finer crystals with average crystal size in the range 2 to 30 \u03bcm.
2. An explosive composition comprising RDX Type I and HMX, a polyacrylic elastomer and a plasticizer, characterised in that the explosive crystals represent a proportion in the range 88-96% by weight of the total composition, that the RDX crystals comprises a portion of coarse crystals with an average crystal size in the range 50 to 250 \u03bcm and a portion of finer crystals with average crystal size in the range 2 to 30 \u03bcm, and that the HMX crystals represent a proportion in the range from 5 to 20% by weight of the explosive crystals in the composition.
3. An explosive composition according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the explosive crystals represent from 90 to 94% by weight and preferably from 91 to 93% by weight of the composition.
4. An explosive composition according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the coarse portion of the RDX crystals comprises crystals with an average size in the range 60 to 170 \u03bcm, preferably in the range 60-90 \u03bcm, and that the fine portion of the RDX crystals has an average size in the range 5-20 \u03bcm, preferably 12-18 \u03bcm.
5. An explosive composition according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the coarse portion of the RDX crystals represents from 25 to 75% by weight, preferably from 35 to 65% by weight and more preferably from 44 to 56% by weight.
6. An explosive composition according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the polyacrylic elastomer is Hy Temp 4454 or Hy Temp 4054, and that the plasticizer is dioctyl adipate (DOA), dioctyl sebacate (DOS), isodecyl pelargonate (IDP), dioctyl maleate (DOM) or dioctyl phthalate (DOP).
7. An explosive composition according to claim 2, characterised in that the portion of HMX crystals represents from 5 to 20% by weight, preferably from 5 to 15% by weight and more preferably from 9 to 11% by weight of the total quantity of explosive crystals in the composition.
8. An explosive composition according to claim 2, characterised in that the HMX crystals have an average size in the range from 2 to 30 \u03bcm, preferably from 5 to 20 \u03bcm and more preferably from 8 to 14 \u03bcm.
9. An explosive composition produced in a water-slurry process, characterised in that it comprising 88-96% of a coarse-grained and fine-grained RDX Type I and a binder system consisting of a polyacrylic elastomer and a plasticizer, and where RDX is present in a proportion of relatively coarse-grained and a proportion of fine-grained crystals.
10. An explosive composition produced in a water-slurry process, characterised in that it consists of 88-96% of explosive crystals and a binder system comprising a polyacrylic elastomer and a plasticizer, where the explosive crystals are a mixture of RDX crystals of Type I and HMX crystals, and where RDX is present in a proportion of relatively coarse-grained and a proportion of fine-grained crystals.
11. An explosive composition according to claim 9 or 10, characterised in that the proportion of explosive crystals represents from 90 to 94% by weight and preferably from 91 to 93% by weight of the total composition.
12. An explosive composition according to claim 9 or 10, characterised in that the coarse portion of the RDX crystals comprising crystals with an average size in the range 60 to 170 \u03bcm, preferably in the range 60-90 \u03bcm, and that the fine portion of the RDX crystals has an average size in the range 5-20 \u03bcm, preferably 12-18 \u03bcm.
13. An explosive composition according to claim 9 or 10, characterised in that the coarse portion of the RDX crystals represents from 25 to 75% by weight, preferably from 35 to 65% by weight and more preferably from 44 to 56% by weight.
14. An explosive composition according to claim 9 or 10, characterised in that the polyacrylic elastomer is Hy Temp 4454 or Hy Temp 4054, and that the plasticizer is dioctyl adipate (DOA), dioctyl sebacate (DOS), isodecyl pelargonate (IDP), dioctyl maleate (DOM) or dioctyl phthalate (DOP).
15. An explosive composition according to claim 11, characterised in that the proportion of HMX crystals represents from 5 to 20% by weight, preferably from 5 to 15% by weight and more preferably from 9 to 11% by weight of the total quantity of explosive crystals in the composition.
16. An explosive composition according to claim 11, characterised in that the HMX crystals have an average size in the range from 2 to 30 \u03bcm, preferably from 5 to 20 \u03bcm and more preferably from 8 to 14 \u03bcm.