Film fitting head

A film fitting head for fitting a tubular film on a body portion of a container from below the container, the film fitting head comprising:

• a mandrel comprising an outer peripheral surface providing a film holding portion, and a tapered tip portion comprising a frustum form and arranged between the film holding portion and a top of the mandrel, wherein the mandrel is configured to:
• circulate through a film supply position and a film fitting position,
• receive the tubular film in an open state in the film supply position,
• hold the tubular film on the film holding portion below the tapered tip portion,
• move to the film fitting position, and
• guide and to feed the tubular film to the body portion of the container when the tubular film is lifted in the film fitting position and fitting the tubular film on the body portion of the container;
• and
• a lifting member configured to move up from a standby position to a film lifting position in the film fitting position to lift the tubular film held on the film holding portion of the mandrel toward the body portion of the container, wherein
• the mandrel includes the film holding portion disposed above the lifting member located in the standby position,
• the film holding portion has a tapered surface that is tapered down toward the tapered tip portion, and
• an outer peripheral length of a lower end of the film holding portion is set to be approximately equal to a peripheral length of the tubular film in an open state.