Abstract: A personal watercraft stand and tote device comprising a frame member, a control assembly associated with the frame member, a powertrain assembly associated with the frame member and the control assembly, a handle assembly associated with the frame member, and, a loading assembly associated with the frame member. The control assembly includes a motor and an control unit positioned within a housing. The device is capable of powered operation in a fully submerged condition, such as, for example five feet below the water.

Abstract: A personal watercraft stand and tote device comprising a frame member, a control assembly associated with the frame member, a powertrain assembly associated with the frame member and the control assembly, a handle assembly associated with the frame member, and, a loading assembly associated with the frame member. The control assembly includes a motor and an control unit positioned within a housing. The device is capable of powered operation in a fully submerged condition, such as, for example five feet below the water.

Abstract: A low-resistance, liquid-tight seal for use in a valve having a nozzle that telescopes into an axial fluid passage in a valve body. The nozzle has a peripheral portion of reduced diameter near one end thereof for supporting a flat annular seal. The inner edge of the annular seal grips the nozzle while the outer portion of the seal undergoes a flip-flop action against the inner wall of the valve body as the nozzle moves in an out of the valve body. A closure can be provided for the nozzle which is opened by movement of the nozzle into the valve body and closed by the return motion of the nozzle.An improved valve and bottle-filling machine is provided for containers with low-crush resistance. The annular flip-flop seal provides a low resistance to movement when a container is used to push the nozzle into the valve body opening the fluid passage for filling the container.

Abstract: The invention comprises a turret type container-filling machine in which the containers are advanced to and from filling position by a continuous belt and in which the containers are metered into filling position by a pair of parallel screws shaped to engage and hold the container while the filling spout of the filling machine is being lowered to the container mouth. The containers are exited along a curved portion of the track which is canted toward the center of its curvature at an angle such that gravity neutralizes the centrifugal force engendered by the containers traveling that curvature.

Abstract: The invention disclosed is an integral attachment for a container filling device which comprises a filling head having a tubular closure adapted to be opened when the filling head is inserted into the container to be filled, and an annular member functioning as a container closure member and having a central opening slightly larger than the tubular closure, an upper annular member spaced from the first annular member and integrally connected thereto by a resilient tubular member, the upper annular member having a close fit with the tubular closure in order to hold the attachment in place when it is slid onto the tubular closure, at least one vent aperture extending through the lower annular member with its vent end opening in the upper surface thereof in a position where it is adapted to be closed by the upper annular member when the resilient tubular member is collapsed by pushing the lower annular member upward into contact with the upper annular member, and the annular members having an island of surface-t