Patent ID: 6878204

Claim:
An apparatus for applying a thermal conductive medium to an inside portion of a sheath having a closed end portion, the apparatus comprising: a tubular applicator tip including a plurality of nozzles positioned in a sidewall of the tubular applicator tip; a pump having an input adapted for coupling to a source of thermal conductive medium and an output coupled to said tubular applicator tip; a control module for controlling the pump and thereby the amount of thermal conductive medium applied to said sheath by the tubular applicator tip; and an applicator shaft for coupling the tubular applicator tip to the pump output; wherein the tubular applicator tip has a closed tip end preventing expulsion of thermal conductive medium from the tip in the axial direction of said tip; wherein said tubular applicator tip includes an open shaft end attached to said applicator shaft, and wherein said plurality of nozzles are located along a line extending in the axial direction between said closed tip end and said open end.