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Abstract

A guide and seal assembly for a piston of a drowned piston type pump comprising at least a chamber within which the said piston reciprocates to suck into and supply from the said chamber a liquid. The assembly comprises a ring having a first frontal seat for a first annular seal element having a substantially C-shaped cross-section and an annular groove formed in the inner cylindrical surface of the ring and arranged to accommodate a second annular seal element of substantially U-shaped cross-section; a first and a second annular cavities formed in the ring communicate with each other by means of at least a radial hole, and the first annular cavity communicates with at least a discharge hole for the liquid which gathers in the first cavity.

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