1. A microfluidic system, comprising:
a cartridge including:
a first drum which has a first chamber, and
an adjustment device which is arranged to rotate the first drum about a mid-axis of the first drum and is configured to connect the first chamber to a second chamber in one or more of a fluid-conducting manner, a gas-conducting manner, and a particle-conducting manner, and
a pressure device configured to act upon at least one component with a pressure difference and is configured to transfer the component between the first chamber and second chamber.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the pressure device is configured to be one or more of a pump and a pressure accumulator, the one or more of the pump and the pressure accumulator being connected by a pressure connection to the cartridge or being integrated into the cartridge.
3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the pressure accumulator stores the component and supplies the component to the first chamber or the second chamber under a pressure of the component.
4. The system according to claim 2, wherein the cartridge has a housing which is closed at an end of the housing by an adapter, the adapter having the pressure connection.
5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment device includes one or more of an electrically operated, a mechanically operated, and a pressure-operated actuator which one or more of rotates the first drum along the mid-axis and moves the first drum along the mid-axis.
6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the actuator has a shaft which is connected directly or indirectly to the first drum and is configured to rotate the first drum.
7. The system according to claim 5, wherein the adjustment device includes a first slope which cooperates with a second slope of the first drum and is configured to bring the first drum out of a first position, in which the first drum is in positive engagement with a housing of the cartridge in a direction of rotation about the mid-axis, into a second position along the mid-axis, in which the positive connection is cancelled and the first drum rotates about the mid-axis by virtue of the action of a restoring member or of a further actuator.
8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the actuator actuates the first slope to cooperate with the second slope.
9. The system according to claim 5, the first drum being one or more of preceded and followed by one or more of a second drum and a third drum with respect to the mid-axis, the actuator being configured to actuate the one or more of the second drum and the third drum to rotate the first drum.
10. The system according to claim 5, wherein the cartridge has a housing which is closed at an end of the housing by an adapter, the actuator being fastened to the adapter.
11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the adapter has a flexible diaphragm which can be actuated on a side by the actuator and which acts on another side upon one or more of the first drum, a second drum, and a third drum.
12. The system according to claim 1, the second chamber preceding or following the first drum with respect to the mid-axis and being formed in a second or a third drum.
13. The system according to claim 10, further comprising at least one further chamber configured to be acted upon by the pressure device with pressures different in each case from one another, the second chamber and the at least one further chamber being connected by a respective pressure connection in the adapter to the pressure device, or the second chamber and the at least one further chamber being connected by a single pressure connection in the adapter to the pressure device, the second chamber and the at least one further chamber being connected by a respective valve to the single pressure connection.
14. The system according to claim 5, wherein the pressure device drives the actuator.
15. The system according to claim 2, wherein the pressure accumulator stores the component and supplies the component to the first chamber or the second chamber under pressure of a fluidic aid which pressurizes the at least one component.
16. A method for operating a microfluidic system, comprising:
rotating a first drum, which comprises a first chamber, about a mid-axis of the first drum to connect the first chamber to a second chamber in one or more of a liquid-conducting manner, a gas-conducting manner, and a particle-conducting manner, and
acting upon at least one component with a pressure difference to transfer the component between the first chamber and the second chamber.
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. A reflector apparatus for reflecting heat back downward upon a surface of heated asphalt, said apparatus comprising:
a mobile trailer comprising a frame and having a front, a rear, a bottom, and a top; at least one heat reflector attached to said bottom of said mobile trailer, wherein said heat reflector is manufactured of a heat reflective material, is dimensioned to cover a substantial portion of said bottom of said mobile trailer, and comprises a flat, sheet-like body and a pair of wings extending downward from said body and terminating at a pair of terminal edges;
wherein said at least one heat reflector is attached to said bottom of said mobile trailer such that said terminal edges of said wings are disposed proximate to the surface of the heated asphalt and define a plane that is substantially parallel to a plane formed by the surface of the heated asphalt.
2. The reflector apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said heat reflector is manufactured of aluminum and is removably attached to said bottom of said mobile trailer.
3. The reflector apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising at least one means for adjusting a distance between said pair of terminal edges of said heat reflector and the surface of the heated asphalt.
4. The reflector apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said mobile trailer further comprises a pair of central wheels attached to said bottom of said mobile trailer and disposed substantially centrally between said front and said rear thereof, a pair of front caster wheels disposed proximate to said front of said mobile trailer and a pair of rear caster wheels disposed proximate to said rear of said mobile trailer.
5. The reflector apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein a weight of said mobile trailer is distributed substantially evenly between a front portion of said trailer in front of said drive wheels and a rear portion of said trailer behind said drive wheels, and
wherein said front caster wheel and said rear caster wheel are dimensioned and disposed such that said front and rear caster wheels do not contact the surface of heated asphalt when the surface of heated asphalt is substantially level.
6. The reflector apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a rear trailer hitch coupler mounted to said rear of said frame wherein said rear trailer hitch coupler comprises a hitch ball.
7. The reflector apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said wings of said heat reflector are each disposed at an angle of between 30\xb0 and 60\xb0 relative to said body of said heat reflector.
8. A heat reflector kit for mounting on a mobile trailer comprising a frame having a front, a rear, a bottom and a top, to form a reflector apparatus for reflecting heat back downward upon a surface of heated asphalt, wherein said heat reflector kit comprises:
at least one heat reflector for attachment to said bottom of said mobile trailer, wherein said heat reflector is manufactured of a heat reflective material, is dimensioned to cover a substantial portion of said bottom of said mobile trailer, and comprises a flat, sheet-like body and a pair of wings extending downward from said body and terminating at a pair of terminal edges; and
means for removably attaching said at least one heat reflector to the bottom of the mobile trailer such that said terminal edges of said wings are disposed proximate to the surface of the heated asphalt and define a plane that is substantially parallel to a plane formed by the surface of the heated asphalt.
9. The heat reflector kit as claimed in claim 8 wherein said heat reflector is manufactured of aluminum.
10. The heat reflector kit as claimed in claim 8 further comprising means for adjusting a distance between said pair of terminal edges of said heat reflector and the surface of the heated asphalt.
11. The heat reflector kit as claimed in claim 8 wherein each of said wings of said heat reflector are each disposed at an angle of between 30\xb0 and 60\xb0 relative to said body of said heat reflector.
12. A reflector apparatus for reflecting heat back downward upon a surface of heated asphalt, said apparatus comprising:
a mobile trailer comprising a frame and having a front, a rear, a bottom, and a top;
at least one heat reflector attached to said bottom of said mobile trailer:
wherein said heat reflector is manufactured of a heat reflective material, is dimensioned to cover a substantial portion of said bottom of said mobile trailer, and comprises a flat, sheet-like body and a pair of wings extending downward from said body and terminating at a pair of terminal edges; and
wherein said at least one heat reflector is attached to said bottom of said mobile trailer such that said terminal edges of said wings are disposed proximate to the surface of the heated asphalt and define a plane that is substantially parallel to a plane formed by the surface of the heated asphalt;
an infrared chamber attached to said bottom of said mobile trailer, said infrared chamber having a bottom surface and shaped as a flattened rectangular prism, dimensioned to cover a substantial portion of said bottom of said mobile trailer, wherein said at least one heat reflector is removably attached to said bottom surface of said infrared chamber; and
a control box in electrical communication with said infrared chamber, said control box comprising controls for controlling a flow of fuel to said infrared chamber.
13. The reflector apparatus as claimed in claim 12 further comprising a plurality of C-shaped straps, wherein said plurality of C-shaped straps are dimensioned to extend from the terminal edges of the heat reflector to the top surface of the infrared chamber to removably attach said heat reflector to said bottom surface of said infrared chamber.