Patent ID: 8267677

Claim:
A gasket part for a pump to be used in conjunction with a bearing part of the pump, through which there is arranged a drive shaft, wherein the gasket part includes a mechanical gasket and a detachable part of the drive shaft, which is arranged substantially in conjunction with the bearing part and which can be detachably coupled between other parts of the drive shaft; the mechanical gasket is arranged in conjunction with the detachable part of the drive shaft; and the detachable part of the drive shaft includes means for arranging it so as to be compacted in the longitudinal direction of the drive shaft, wherein the gasket part further includes a flexible additional gasket arranged to be flexible in the longitudinal direction of the drive shaft and adapted to protect the means for arranging the detachable part of the drive shaft so as to be compacted; wherein the means for arranging includes a first part and a second part, of which the first part can be accommodated within the second part when arranging the detachable part of the drive shaft so as to be compacted.