Stretch film lifting apparatus

An actuator apparatus for manually handling a heavy cylindrical roll of rolled material comprising said actuator apparatus inserted within said heavy cylindrical roll to form a single package, said manually handling including locking said actuator apparatus within said roll for maneuvering and lifting by a single individual and by mechanical lifting means wherein said actuator apparatus comprises an expandable mandrel apparatus comprising:

• (a) an expandable first thrust mandrel embodiment manually actuated by exterior operating handles to open and close positions within inner cylinder of said heavy cylindrical roll of rolled material, said first thrust mandrel embodiment mounted on a mandrel shaft;
• (b) a compression spring positioned upon said mandrel shaft within a shaft spacer manually actuated by exterior operating handles to lock said expandable first thrust mandrel in open and close positions;
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• (c) a second thrust pedestal mandrel member on the exterior end of said mandrel shaft to a) engage an outward end of said inner cylinder of said heavy cylindrical roll of rolled material, and b) to engage a supporting material carriage of a stretch wrap machine as a pedestal mandrel member.