Abstract: Presented herein is a sand bag filling machine having a hopper mounted to a frame. An upper table is moveably mounted beneath the hopper. The upper table has a plurality of holes that align with a bottom opening on the hopper as the table moves from a first position to a second position. When the table is in either the first position or the second position, the table blocks the flow of sand from the hopper. Below the upper table is a holding apparatus for suspending the bags from the upper table while allowing sand to flow from the hopper and into the bags. In one embodiment, a lower table catches the filled sand bags. The lower table can be pivotable about an axis facilitating removal of the sand bags. A method of use is also presented.

Abstract: An automatic golf ball teeing machine is constructed around a housing that includes a substantially horizontal plate. A fluid pressure cylinder with an inlet and a piston above the inlet is attached to the housing under a hole in the plate. The piston is moveable between an advanced position and a retracted position, but is biased toward its retracted position. A tee is connected to the piston and is moveable with the piston between a loading position and a maximum height position in which a portion of the tee extends above the plate. A supply conduit sized to carry golf balls is attached to the housing with one end adjacent the tee when in its loading position. A source of high pressure fluid is connected to the inlet of the fluid pressure cylinder. A pressure regulating valve is positioned between the inlet and the source of high pressure fluid and is capable of adjusting pressure acting on the piston to balance the tee between its loading position and its maximum height position.