Author: claimsbot

1. A photo curable ink composition set, comprising:
an ink composition A that includes at least a color material, a polymerizable compound, and a radical polymerization photoinitiator, and
an ink composition B that includes at least a radical polymerizable compound and does not include the color material and the radical polymerization photoinitiator, wherein
the ink composition A andor B includes a sensitizer.
2. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 1, comprising, as the radical polymerizable compound included in the ink composition B, at least a radical polymerizable compound that is copolymerized with the polymerizable compound included in the ink composition A in the presence of radicals when the ink composition A and the ink composition B are mixed.
3. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 1, wherein the sensitizer is one or a mixture of two or more thioxanthone compounds or coumarin compounds.
4. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 1, comprising at least an allyl compound as the polymerizable compound included in the ink composition A.
5. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 4, wherein the allyl compound is an allyl ether compound.
6. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 5, wherein the allyl ether compound is allyl glycol.
7. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 2, wherein the radical polymerizable compound that is included in the ink composition B and is copolymerized with the polymerizable compound included in the ink composition A in the presence of radicals when the ink composition A and the ink composition B are mixed is a dendritic polymer.
8. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 7, wherein the dendritic polymer is a hyperbranched polymer andor dendrimer.
9. A recording method employing the photo curable ink composition according to claim 1.
10. A recording obtained by the recording method according to claim 9.
11. A photo curable ink composition set, comprising:
an ink composition A that includes a radical polymerization photoinitiator and a polymerizable compound; and
an ink composition B that includes a color material and a polymerizable compound, wherein
the ink composition A andor the ink composition B includes a sensitizer, and
the ink composition A and the ink composition B are mixed and then photoset by irradiation with light.
12. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 11, wherein the sensitizer is a thioxanthone compound or coumarin compound.
13. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 11, wherein the ink composition A and the ink composition B are both composed of nonvolatile components.
14. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 11, wherein concentration of the sensitizer is 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt % in the ink composition A andor the ink composition B.
15. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 11, wherein the ink composition A and the ink composition B include an ethylene glycol monoallyl ether andor N-vinyl compound as the polymerizable compound.
16. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 15, wherein the N-vinyl compound is N-vinyl formamide.
17. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 11, wherein the ink composition A and the ink composition B include at least one dendritic polymer as the polymerizable compound.
18. The photo curable ink composition set according to claim 17, wherein the dendritic polymer is a hyperbranched polymer andor dendrimer.
19. A recording method in which an ink composition A including a radical polymerization photoinitiator and a polymerizable compound and an ink composition B including a color material and a polymerizable compound are mixed, and then discharged onto a recording medium to be photoset by irradiation with light, wherein the ink composition A andor the ink composition B includes a sensitizer.
20. A recording method in which an ink composition A including a radical polymerization photoinitiator and a polymerizable compound and an ink composition B including a color material and a polymerizable compound are each individually discharged and are mixed on a recording medium to be photoset by irradiation with light, wherein
the ink composition A andor the ink composition B includes a sensitizer.

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 heating assembly configured for use with two different types of fuels, the heater assembly being selectable between one of the two different types of fuel, the heating assembly comprising:
a fuel control device comprising:
a housing having a first fuel source connection for receiving a first fitting connecting a first fuel type to the fuel control device and a second fuel source connection for receiving a second fitting connecting a second fuel type to the fuel control device;
a main burner nozzle;
an air shutter assembly positioned at the main burner nozzle and comprising an opening and a cover, wherein the air shutter assembly has a first position where the cover and opening are positioned to allow a first amount of air flow through the opening to mix with fuel from the main burner nozzle and a second position where the cover and opening are positioned to allow a second amount of air flow through the opening to mix with fuel from the main burner nozzle, the second amount of air flow being different from the first; amount of air flow; and
an actuator positioned at the first fuel source connection such that connecting the first fitting to the first fuel source connection forces the actuator to move the air shutter assembly from the first position to the second position.
2. The heating assembly of claim 1, wherein the actuator comprises at least one of a plate, lever, button, arm, and sensor.
3. The heating assembly of claim 1, wherein the cover comprises a tube.
4. The heating assembly of claim 1, wherein the opening and the cover are formed on two separate concentric tubes.
5. The heating assembly of claim 1, wherein the actuator is positioned outside of the housing adjacent to the first fuel source connection.
6. The heating assembly of claim 1, wherein the actuator comprises an arm connected to the air shutter assembly at a first end and having a second end positioned adjacent the first fuel source connection.
7. The heating assembly of claim 6, wherein the actuator further comprises a spring having a first end engaged with the arm and a second end connected to the housing, the spring biasing the arm to the first position.
8. The heating assembly of claim 6, wherein the actuator is configured to convert linear motion resulting from connecting the first fitting to the first fuel source connection into rotational motion at the air shutter assembly.
9. The heating assembly of claim 1, further comprising a burner, and an oxygen depletion sensor.
10. A heating assembly configured for use with two different types of fuels, the heater assembly being selectable between one of the two different types of fuel and comprising:
a fuel control device comprising:
a housing having a first fuel source connection for receiving a first fitting connecting a first fuel type to the fuel control device and a second fuel source connection for receiving a second fitting connecting a second fuel type to the fuel control device;
a main burner nozzle connected to the housing;
an air shutter assembly positioned around the main burner nozzle and comprising an opening and a cover, wherein the air shutter assembly has a first position where the cover and opening are positioned to allow a first amount of air flow through the opening and a second position where the cover and opening are positioned to allow a second amount of air flow through the opening different from the first; and
an actuator positioned with respect to the first fuel source connection such that connecting the first fitting to the first fuel source connection triggers the actuator to move the air shutter assembly from the first position to the second position, the actuator comprising:
an arm connected to the air shutter assembly at a first end and having a second end positioned adjacent the first fuel source connection; and
a spring having a first end engaged with the arm and a second end connected to the housing, wherein the spring biases the arm and the air shutter assembly to the first position.
11. The heating assembly of claim 10, the air shutter assembly further comprising a flange having a slot, wherein the first end of arm engages with slot.
12. The heating assembly of claim 10, wherein the actuator comprises at least one of a plate, lever, button, arm, and sensor.
13. The heating assembly of claim 10, wherein the cover comprises a tube.
14. The heating assembly of claim 10, wherein the opening and the cover are formed on two separate concentric tubes.
15. The heating assembly of claim 10, wherein the actuator is positioned outside of the housing adjacent to the first fuel source connection.
16. The heating assembly of claim 10, wherein the actuator further comprises a plate connected the second end of the arm.
17. The heating assembly of claim 10, wherein the actuator is configured to convert linear motion resulting from connecting the first fitting to the first fuel source connection into rotational motion at the air shutter assembly.
18. The heating assembly of claim 10, further comprising a burner, and an oxygen depletion sensor.
19. A heating assembly configured for use with two different types of fuels, the heater assembly being selectable between one of the two different types of fuel, the heating assembly comprising:
a fuel control device comprising:
a housing having a first fuel source connection for receiving a first fitting connecting a first fuel type to the fuel control device and a second fuel source connection for receiving a second fitting connecting a second fuel type to the fuel control device;
a main burner nozzle;
an air shutter assembly positioned around the main burner nozzle and comprising an opening and a cover, wherein the air shutter assembly has a first position where the cover and opening are positioned to allow a first amount of air flow through the opening and a second position where the cover and opening are positioned to allow a second amount of air flow through the opening different from the first; and
an actuator positioned with respect to the first fuel source connection such that connecting the first fitting to the first fuel source connection triggers the actuator to move the air shutter assembly from the first position to the second position;
wherein the actuator comprises an arm connected to the air shutter assembly at a first end and having a second end positioned adjacent the first fuel source connection.
20. The heating assembly of claim 19, wherein the cover comprises a tube.
21. The heating assembly of claim 19, wherein the opening and the cover are formed on two separate concentric tubes.
22. The heating assembly of claim 19, wherein the actuator is positioned outside of the housing adjacent to the first fuel source connection.
23. The heating assembly of claim 19, wherein the actuator is configured to convert linear motion resulting from connecting the first fitting to the first fuel source connection into rotational motion at the air shutter assembly.
24. The heating assembly of claim 19, further comprising a burner, and an oxygen depletion sensor.

1. In a data handling system capable of comprising at least one replaceable unit, a vital product data system comprising:
memory configured to store vital product data relating to said at least one replaceable unit, said vital product data comprising at least a date of first use and a device state field, said device state field comprising an identifier representing one of the states: \u201cnew\u201d, \u201crecertified\u201d, and, \u201cin-use\u201d; and
a management control configured to, in response to newly sensing a replaceable unit, detect a device state field of said sensed replaceable unit, and
if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201cnew\u201d state, reset said replaceable unit device state field to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, set the date of first use to a current date, and store said device state field and date of first use for said replaceable unit in said memory; and
if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201crecertified\u201d state, reset said replaceable unit device state field to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, and set the replaceable unit date of first use of said replaceable unit to the date of first use stored in said memory for the previous replaceable unit at the same location.
2. The vital product data system of claim 1, wherein said management control is additionally configured to, if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, copy the date of first use from said replaceable unit to said memory.
3. The vital product data system of claim 2, wherein said data handling system comprises a data storage system configured to employ a plurality of replaceable data storage units, and to employ a storage controller, and wherein:
said management control is additionally configured to indicate to said store controller a newly sensed replaceable data storage unit, and indicate whether there are changes to the vital product data for the replaceable unit at the location of said newly sensed replaceable data storage unit.
4. The vital product data system of claim 2, wherein said management control is additionally configured to reinitialize said vital product data relating to replaceable units as stored in said memory, if said device state field of a replaceable unit is set to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, provide said device state field and copy the data of first use from said replaceable unit to said memory for said replaceable unit.
5. A data handling system comprising:
at least one frame configured to support at least one replaceable unit;
memory configured to store vital product data relating to said at least one replaceable unit, said vital product data comprising at least a date of first use and a device state field, said device state field comprising an identifier representing one of the states: \u201cnew\u201d, \u201crecertified\u201d, and, \u201cin-use\u201d; and
a management control configured to, in response to newly sensing a replaceable unit, detect a device state field of said sensed replaceable unit, and
if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201cnew\u201d state, reset said replaceable unit device state field to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, set the date of first use to a current date, and store said device state field and date of first use for said replaceable unit in said memory; and
if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201crecertified\u201d state, reset said replaceable unit device state field to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, and set the replaceable unit date of first use of said replaceable unit to the date of first use stored in said memory for the previous replaceable unit at the same location.
6. The data handling system of claim 5, wherein said management control is additionally configured to, if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201cin-us\u201d state, copy the date of first use from said replaceable unit to said memory.
7. The data handling system of claim 6, comprising a data storage system configured to employ a plurality of replaceable data storage units, and to employ a storage controller, wherein:
said management control is additionally configured to indicate to said storage controller a newly sensed replaceable data storage unit, and indicate whether there are changes to the vital product data for the replaceable unit at the location of said newly sensed replaceable data storage unit.
8. The data handling system of claim 6, wherein said management control is additionally configured to reinitialize said vital product data relating to replaceable units as stored in said memory, if said device state field of a replaceable unit is set to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, provide said device state field and copy the data of first use from said replaceable unit to said memory for said replaceable unit.
9. A method for handling vital product data relating to at least one replaceable unit of a data handling system; said method comprising the steps of:
storing said vital product data relating to at least one replaceable unit of a data handling system, said vital product data comprising at least a date of first use and a device state field, said device state field comprising an identifier representing one of the states: \u201cnew\u201d, \u201crecertified\u201d, and, \u201cin-use\u201d;
in response to newly sensing a replaceable unit, detecting a device state field of said sensed replaceable unit,
if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201cnew\u201d state, resetting said replaceable unit device state field to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, setting the date of first use to a current date, and storing for said data handling system, said device state field said date of first use for replaceable unit, and
if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201crecertified\u201d state, resetting said replaceable unit device state field to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, and setting the replaceable unit date of first use of said replaceable unit to the date of first use stored by said data handling system for the previous replaceable unit at the same location.
10. The method of claim 9, additionally comprising the step of:
if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, copying the date of first use from said replaceable unit for said data handling system.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein said data handling system comprises a data storage system configured to employ a plurality of replaceable data storage units, and to employ a storage controller, additionally comprising the steps of:
indicating to said storage controller a newly sensed replaceable data storage unit; and
indicating whether there are changes to the vital product data for the replaceable unit at the location of said newly sensed replaceable data storage unit.
12. The method of claim 10, comprising the step of:
reinitializing said vital product data relating to replaceable units as stored for said data handling system, if said device state field of a replaceable unit is set to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, providing said device state field and copying the data of first use from said replaceable unit for storage for said data handling system for said replaceable unit.
13. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer useable program code tangibly embodied therein for operating at least one computer processor for handling vital product data relating to at least one replaceable unit of a data handling system, said computer useable program code configured to, when executed on said at least one computer processor, cause said at least one computer processor to:
store said vital product data relating to at least one replaceable unit of a data handling system, said vital product data comprising at least a date of first use and a device state field, said device state field comprising an identifier representing one of the states: \u201cnew\u201d, \u201crecertified\u201d, and, \u201cin-use\u201d;
in response to newly sensing a replaceable unit, detect a device state field of said sensed replaceable unit,
if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201cnew\u201d state, reset said replaceable unit device state field to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, set the date of first use to a current date, and store for said data handling system, said device state field and date of first use for said replaceable unit; and
if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201crecertified\u201d state, reset said replaceable unit device state field to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, and set the replaceable unit date of first use of said replaceable unit to the date of first use stored by aid data handling system for the previous replaceable unit at the same location.
14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein said computer useable program code is additionally configured to, when executed on said at least one computer processor, cause said at least one computer processor to:
if the detected replaceable unit device state field is set to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, copy the date of first use from said replaceable unit for said data handling system.
15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said data handling system comprises a data storage system configured to employ a plurality of replaceable data storage units, and to employ a storage controller, and wherein said computer useable program code is additionally configured to, when executed on said at least one computer processor, cause said at least one computer processor to:
indicate to said storage controller a newly sensed replaceable data storage unit; and
indicate whether there are changes to the vital product data for the replaceable unit at the location of said newly sensed replaceable data storage unit.
16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said computer useable program code is additionally configured to, when executed on said at least one computer processor, cause said at least one computer processor to:
reinitialize said vital product data relating to replaceable units as stored for said data handling system, if said device state field of a replaceable unit is set to said \u201cin-use\u201d state, provide said device state field and copy the data of first use from said replaceable unit for storage for said data handling system for said replaceable unit.

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 method of enabling peer to peer synchronization between members of a synchronization network, the synchronization network being implemented in respect of a predefined synchronization reference area on each network member, the method comprising:
detecting, on a first member of the synchronization network, a change to a data item within the predefined synchronization reference area;
determining a type of the change made to the data item;
determining a relative path within the predefined synchronization reference area to the data item associated with the change;
obtaining a current version value calculated based upon content of a current version of the data item on said first member of the synchronization network;
upon determining that a previous version of the data item exists on said first member of the synchronization network, obtaining a previous version value calculated based upon content associated with the previous version of the data item;
obtaining a current log number counter on said first member of the synchronization network, the current log counter being associated with an incremental count of logs that is updated with each change made to data items of the synchronization network on said first member of the synchronization network;
generating a log representing the change based upon: a current log number on said first member of the synchronization network, the type of change, the relative path to the data item associated with the change, the current version value, and if a previous version of the data item exists, the previous version value,
wherein said generating a log further comprises, in case that the change is associated with implementing on said first member of the synchronization network a different log received from another member of the synchronization network, including in the log representing the change on said first member of the synchronization network a member identifier of said other member of the synchronization network and the number of the different log on said other member of the synchronization network; and
forwarding the log to two or more members of the synchronization network, wherein said log enables two or more members of the synchronization network to synchronize the data item through local processing of the log from the first member on said two or more members of the synchronization network.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the current version of the data item is a data unit associated with the change, and wherein the value associated with the current version of the data item is based upon content of the data unit associated with the change.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the previous version of the data item is a version of the data unit which was the current version of the data item immediately previous to the change, and wherein the value associated with the previous version of the data item is based upon a content of the version of the data unit which was the current version of the data item immediately previous to the change.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said determining the type of the change comprises:
determining whether the change relates to a data item of said synchronization network which existed on said first member of the synchronization network previous to the change;
determining whether the type of the change is delete data item; and
determining the type of the change to be insert data item if the change relates to a data item which did not exist on said first member of the synchronization network previous to the change and providing that the change is not of type delete data item.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said determining the type of the change comprises, determining the type of the change to be delete data item if the change relates to a data item which existed on said first member of the synchronization network previous to the change and providing that the change is of type delete data item.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein said determining the type of the change comprises, determining the type of the change to be an update data item if the change relates to a data item which existed on said first member of the synchronization network previous to the change and providing that the change is not of type delete data item.
7. The method according to claim 5, wherein in case the type of the change is delete data item, and in addition to the previous version of the data item there is a record on said first member of the synchronization network of one or more prior version of the data item which preceded the previous version of the data item, said generating a log is further based on a value corresponding to each prior version of the data item, and wherein the value associated with each prior version of the data item corresponds to the content of a respective version of the data item.
8. The method according to claim 4, wherein said determining whether the change relates to a data item of said synchronization network which existed on said first member of the synchronization network previous to the change comprises, determining the change to be in respect of a data item of said synchronization network which existed on said first member of the synchronization network previous to the change, if there is a previous record of a data item of said synchronization network which is associated with the same relative path within the predefined synchronization reference area as the relative path to the data unit associated with the change.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said log enables said two or more members of the synchronization network to synchronize the data item without being dependent upon any further communication or interaction with any other member of the synchronization network including said first member of the synchronization network.
10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
obtaining a network identifier of said synchronization network, said network identifier identifying said synchronization network from one or more other synchronization networks; and
obtaining a member identifier of said first member within said synchronization network, said member identifier identifying said first member of the synchronization network from one or more other members of the synchronization network, and
wherein said generating a log representing the change is further based upon: said network identifier associated with the synchronization network and said unique member identifier associated with said first member of the synchronization network.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said generating a log further comprises, adding to said log data in respect of a log number on another member of the synchronization network in case the change to which the log relates is associated with implementing of a log received at said first member of the synchronization network from the other member of the synchronization network.
12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising updating an incremental count of logs that is associated with said first member of the network in response to a change occurring on said first member of the synchronization network with respect to a data item of said synchronization network.
13. A program storage device which performs a method of enabling peer to peer synchronization between members of a synchronization network, the synchronization network being implemented in respect of a predefined synchronization reference area on each network member, the device comprising:
one or more processors; and
a machine readable medium comprises one or more sequences of instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause:
detecting on a first member of the synchronization network a change with respect to a data unit within the predefined synchronization reference area, the data unit is associated with a data item of the synchronization network;
determining a relative path within the predefined synchronization reference area to the data unit associated with the change;
determining a type of the change;
obtaining a value calculated based upon a content of the current version of the data item on said first member of the synchronization network;
if a previous version of the data item exists on said first member of the synchronization network, obtaining a value calculated based upon a content of a data unit that is associated with a previous version of the data item;
obtaining a current log number for said first member of the synchronization network, the current log number is associated with an incremental count of logs that is updated in connection with a change occurring with respect to a data item of said synchronization network on said first member of the synchronization network;
generating a log representing the change based upon: a current log number on said first member of the synchronization network, said type of change, said relative path, said value corresponding to the content of a current version of the data item, and if a previous version of the data item exists, the value corresponding to the content of the previous version of the data item,
wherein said generating a log further comprises, in case that the change is associated with implementing on said first member of the synchronization network a different log received from another member of the synchronization network, including in the log representing the change on said first member of the synchronization network a member identifier of said other member of the synchronization network and the number of the different log on said other member of the synchronization network; and
forwarding the log to two or more members of the synchronization network.
14. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein of enabling peer to peer synchronization between members of a synchronization network, the synchronization network is implemented in respect of a predefined synchronization reference area on each network member, the computer program product comprising:
computer readable program code for causing the computer to detect on a first member of the synchronization network a change with respect to a data unit within the predefined synchronization reference area, the data unit is associated with a data item of the synchronization network;
computer readable program code for causing the computer to determine a relative path within the predefined synchronization reference area to the data unit associated with the change;
computer readable program code for causing the computer to determine a type of the change;
computer readable program code for causing the computer to obtain a value calculated based upon a content of the current version of the data item on said first member of the synchronization network;
computer readable program code for causing the computer to obtain a value calculated based upon a content of a data unit that is associated with a previous version of the data item, if a previous version of the data item exists on said first member of the synchronization network;
computer readable program code for causing the computer to obtain a current log number for said first member of the synchronization network, the current log number is associated with an incremental count of logs that is updated in connection with a change occurring with respect to a data item of said synchronization network on said first member of the synchronization network;
computer readable program code for causing the computer to generate a log representing the change based upon: a current log number on said first member of the synchronization network, said type of change, said relative path, said value corresponding to the content of a current version of the data item, and if a previous version of the data item exists, the value corresponding to the content of the previous version of the data item
wherein causing the computer to generate a log further comprises, in case that the change is associated with implementing on said first member of the synchronization network a different log received from another member of the synchronization network, including in the log representing the change on said first member of the synchronization network a member identifier of said other member of the synchronization network and the number of the different log on said other member of the synchronization network; and
computer readable program code for causing the computer to forward the log to two or more members of the synchronization network.