Patent ID: 6976608

Claim:
A cartridge charged with a fluid material, comprising: a cartridge body for containing fluid material therein, the cartridge body having an end comprising an opening for ejecting fluid material through the opening; and a cover member tightly covering the cartridge body and having at least one end located to protrude from the end of the cartridge body, wherein the cartridge body is cylindrical and the one end of the cover member is substantially cylindrical and has a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the cartridge body, the cover member comprises a thermal-shrink material thermally shrunk to tightly cover the cartridge body and to form the one end thereof, and the cartridge is loadable into a device for mounting to a fluid dispensing apparatus and for connecting to a nozzle at one end of such device, and the one end of the cover member has a tip having an outer diameter that is slightly smaller than an inner diameter of such nozzle.