A valve device comprises a valve member, a housing, a first seal, and a second seal. The valve member includes a shaft portion rotatable about a rotation axis and a rotor connected to an end of the shaft portion in a first direction along the rotation axis, and, on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor there is a first flow path having a first opening. The housing includes an accommodating portion for accommodating the valve member, and a second flow path having a second opening communicable with the first opening, the accommodating portion having on its inner circumferential surface the second opening. A first seal is disposed between an outer circumferential surface of the rotor and an inner circumferential surface of the accommodating portion. The rotor includes a first region on which a coolant pressure acts in the first direction within the accommodating portion, and a second region on which the coolant pressure acts in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a first area of the first region is below a second area of the second region.

A valve device comprises a valve member, a housing, a first seal, and a second seal. The valve member includes a shaft portion rotatable about a rotation axis and a rotor connected to an end of the shaft portion in a first direction along the rotation axis, and, on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor there is a first flow path having a first opening. The housing includes an accommodating portion for accommodating the valve member, and a second flow path having a second opening communicable with the first opening, the accommodating portion having on its inner circumferential surface the second opening. A first seal is disposed between an outer circumferential surface of the rotor and an inner circumferential surface of the accommodating portion. The rotor includes a first region on which a coolant pressure acts in the first direction within the accommodating portion, and a second region on which the coolant pressure acts in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a first area of the first region is below a second area of the second region.

A pressurized food dispensing system including a temperature-controlled barrel, a faceplate coupled to one end of the barrel, a touch-screen activated dispense valve, and a relief valve assembly coupled to the face plate where the relief valve assembly includes: a plug coupled to the face plate, an outer knob, releasably coupled to the plug, and a pin defining a generally conical end about which an O-ring is positioned wherein a spring biases the relief valve assembly towards a closed orientation in which the generally conical element extends into the relief passageway defined by the faceplate and the O-ring is compressed against the faceplate to form a seal.

A pressurized food dispensing system including a temperature-controlled barrel, a faceplate coupled to one end of the barrel, a touch-screen activated dispense valve, and a relief valve assembly coupled to the face plate where the relief valve assembly includes: a plug coupled to the face plate, an outer knob, releasably coupled to the plug, and a pin defining a generally conical end about which an O-ring is positioned wherein a spring biases the relief valve assembly towards a closed orientation in which the generally conical element extends into the relief passageway defined by the faceplate and the O-ring is compressed against the faceplate to form a seal.

A valve includes a ball coupled to a stem which is turnable by an operator element. The ball is formed with a flow passage and the ball is sealed in a valve seat by means of seals. The stem includes bypass structure, which upon rotation of the stem, is alignable with an upstream diverging tube and with a downstream diverging tube to allow bypass fluid flow from the upstream diverging tube to the downstream diverging tube for balancing a difference in pressure between upstream and downstream portions of the valve.