A ball valve including a ball defining a bore therein, and a trunnion arm articulated with the ball via a trunnion, the trunnion arm disposed on a resilient member allowing resilient movement of the trunnion arm pursuant to load on the ball.

A live load stinger apparatus and method which operate to automatically deliver an additional amount of an injectable packing material or grease into the stem packing chamber of a valve assembly in order to prevent stem leaks from occurring.

A valve actuator includes: a housing, a motor that is disposed in the housing and that includes a motor shaft, a drive gear coupled to the motor shaft, a transfer gear that engages with the drive gear and that is configured to, based on the drive gear rotating, be rotated according to a predetermined gear ratio, an output shaft disposed in the housing, an output gear that is coupled to the output shaft and that engages with the transfer gear, and a stopper that is disposed in the housing and that is configured to control a rotation radius of the output gear. The transfer gear comprises an inner part, an outer part disposed at an outside of the inner part, a first magnet disposed at the outer part, and a second magnet that is disposed at the inner part and that faces the first magnet.

A valve actuator includes a motor and a gear assembly that receives driving force of the motor and controls a valve. In the gear assembly, a power transmission gear for transmitting rotational force of an input gear to an output gear includes a selective power transmission unit. When the output gear is in physical contact with a stopper, the power transmission gear transmits the rotational force of the input gear to the output gear is blocked. Accordingly, even after the valve is actuated to close a path, the rotational force of the input gear is not transmitted to the output gear even though the motor is continuously driven.

Disclosed is an armature for receiving a sensor for measuring a medium in a container. The armature includes a hollow cylindrical housing designed to connect the armature to the container at least sectionally in the container. The housing includes first and second openings through which medium flows in or out; a service chamber formed in the interior of the housing between the first and second openings; a rotationally movable closing element in the housing, which, in a first position, opens the first and second openings to the medium and, in a second position, blocks a flow through the first and second openings; a sensor holder; and the sensor arranged on or in the sensor holder. The sensor holder is designed such that the sensitive element is arranged in the service chamber in the measuring/service position.

An operation valve includes a valve that controls the flow of a fluid, a cylindrical operator that operates opening and closing of the valve by rotating the operator in a peripheral direction, and has a first step parallel to a central axis of the operator, a storage that stores the valve, includes a flow channel of the fluid therein, and has a second step corresponding to the first step on an outer periphery of the storage in a first state in which the valve is closed, and an elastic body that urges the operator toward the storage.

In an opening and closing valve of the invention, an operation dial and a valve body housed in a main body are connected by a rotary shaft, and a regulation member having a first fitting hole engaging with a fitter in the rotary shaft is disposed in a housing space of the main body. When a second fitting hole in the operation dial is released from the fitter in the closed state, the first fitting hole is fitted into the fitter to regulate the rotation, or when the second fitting hole is fitted into the fitter, the first fitting hole is released from the fitter to achieve the rotation.

A ball valve structure includes a valve body having a valve chamber therein. A valve ball is accommodated in the valve chamber. The valve ball defines a flow hole therein. Two gaskets are in close contact with two opposite side surfaces of the valve ball, so that the valve ball can rotate around a fixed point in the valve chamber. One side of one of the two gaskets abuts against a washer and a compression spring, so that the gasket is elastically pressed against a surface of the valve ball. A valve stem is connected to the valve ball through the valve body for driving the valve ball to rotate, enabling the flow hole to be opened.

A rotary valve has a valve plug that is rotatable in a valve body about a rotational axis. Surface features of the valve plug and surface features of the valve body cooperate to provide a bearing by which the valve plug is rotatably supported with respect to the valve body. In addition, each of the valve plug and the valve body include a plurality of annular projections that encircle the plain bearing and axially overlap one another so as to form a labyrinth that surrounds the bearing. The labyrinth forms a fluid path that collects abrasive particles suspended in the fluid passing through the valve, whereby wear of the valve is reduced.

Embodiments of an equalizing device for use with a safety valve and a safety valve are provided herein. In one embodiment, the equalizing device includes at least a tubular having a central bore extending axially there through, the tubular having a ball seat. The equalizing device may further include a ball positioned proximate the ball seat, the ball configured to move from a first position engaged with the ball seat to a second position disengaged from the ball seat to equalize pressure across the safety valve, and an arced ring positioned radially outside the ball, the arced ring configured to keep the ball engaged with the ball seat when in the first position and maintain the ball radially outside the ball seat when in the second position.