Abstract: A rotating drum-shaped cylinder block with pistons longitudinally displaceable in the cylinder bores is mounted in the housing of a reciprocating-piston pump of inclined-disc construction. The cylinder block is fitted on the free end of a rotating driving shaft which, in a median zone along its length, is mounted on two roller bearings in a bearing box which is completely sealed off from the machine housing. The pistons are supported in piston shoes on a stationary inclined disc the inclined position of which can be adjusted in the machine housing. For the purpose of sealing off the machine housing from the bearing box, there are slide-ring sealing means composed of a rotating ring secured to the driving shaft and of a stationary ring in the machine housing.

Abstract: Apparatus including an elastomeric hose arranged alternately to stretch longitudinally and then contract in operation of the apparatus, and a contact member disposed so as to be in sliding contact with a surface of the hose during said stretching and/or during said contraction of the hose, a lubricant being supplied between the contact member and the hose to lubricate said sliding contact, wherein the improvement comprises said hose having a longitudinal region which is so clamped or is so disposed that it undergoes little or no stretching and contraction in operation of the apparatus, an axially extending annular gap being disposed between the said contact member and the hose at said longitudinal region, the lubricant being fed to said gap.