Valve actuating device, having a manual operating element and a valve which can be actuated via the manual operating element, - wherein a control element is operatively connected to the manual operating element, wherein the valve can be actuated with a distal end of the control element, - wherein the valve has a pressure chamber which is connected via a filling opening to an inlet of the valve and via an outlet opening to an outlet of the valve, - wherein a valve element of the valve separating the outlet from the inlet can be acted upon by the pressure chamber and - wherein the outlet opening can be opened and closed by a closure element, which is preferably arranged at the distal end of the control element, - wherein a pipe socket is attached to the outlet opening, which socket projects into the outlet even when the valve is open and prevents backflow from a main flow path of the open valve to the outlet opening, - wherein a compensating device is arranged in the operative connection between the control element and the manual operating element, which compensating device has a plunger movably guided in a receptacle and permits a relative movement of the manual operating element against the control element, and - wherein a restoring element is present, which opposes the relative movement with a restoring force, wherein the restoring element acts on the control element, characterized - in that the restoring element is arranged outside the compensating device, - in that the pressure chamber is delimited by a housing part and a diaphragm fixed to the housing part, - in that a seal rests against the control element so that the control element enters the pressure chamber, and - in that the compensating device is located behind the seal and thus outside the pressure chamber. - wherein a control element is operatively connected to the manual operating element, wherein the valve can be actuated with a distal end of the control element, - wherein the valve has a pressure chamber which is connected via a filling opening to an inlet of the valve and via an outlet opening to an outlet of the valve, - wherein a valve element of the valve separating the outlet from the inlet can be acted upon by the pressure chamber and - wherein the outlet opening can be opened and closed by a closure element, which is preferably arranged at the distal end of the control element, - wherein a pipe socket is attached to the outlet opening, which socket projects into the outlet even when the valve is open and prevents backflow from a main flow path of the open valve to the outlet opening, - wherein a compensating device is arranged in the operative connection between the control element and the manual operating element, which compensating device has a plunger movably guided in a receptacle and permits a relative movement of the manual operating element against the control element, and - wherein a restoring element is present, which opposes the relative movement with a restoring force, wherein the restoring element acts on the control element, characterized - in that the restoring element is arranged outside the compensating device, - in that the pressure chamber is delimited by a housing part and a diaphragm fixed to the housing part, - in that a seal rests against the control element so that the control element enters the pressure chamber, and - in that the compensating device is located behind the seal and thus outside the pressure chamber.