A funnel stand that includes a housing supporting an internal funnel connected to a fuel hose that can be folded or rolled up for storage inside the housing and extended through a hose opening for placement in a fuel tank opening. The injection molding apparatus also includes a plurality of mold assemblies and a delivery system that provides an uninterrupted transfer of the continuous flow of molten plastic from the extruder to the plurality of mold assemblies. It is placed substantially coaxially in order of a motor, the controller and a speed reduction mechanism in the motor shaft direction. In a low bit-rate first stage each nodal input port is sampled in a round robin fashion to detect the presence of a maintenance signal.