Exhibit 99, Page 1


            GORMAN-RUPP ANNOUNCES STOCK SPLIT AND DIVIDEND INCREASE


Mansfield, Ohio - July 22, 2004 - The Board of Directors of The Gorman-Rupp
Company today declared a five-for-four split of the Company's Common Shares in
the form of a distribution of one additional Common Share for each four Common
Shares previously issued. The distribution will be made on September 10, 2004,
to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 13, 2004.

Cash payments will be made to shareholders in settlement of fractional-share
interests resulting from the distribution on the basis of the average of the
high and low sales price of the Company's Common Shares on the American Stock
Exchange on the record date (or, if there are no sales on the record date, then
on the first preceding day on which there were sales), adjusted to reflect the
distribution.

National City Bank (Cleveland, Ohio), the Transfer Agent and Registrar for the
Common Shares of the Company, will accept instructions from brokers and nominees
regarding their requirements in respect to the distribution until September 3,
2004.

After giving effect to the issuance of the additional Common Shares in the
distribution, the most recent quarterly dividend rate of $0.17 per Common Share
would have been $0.136 per share.

In other action, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly cash
dividend of $0.14 per share on the Common Stock of the Company, payable
September 10, 2004, to shareholders of record August 13, 2004. The cash dividend
is payable on post-split shares and represents a 2.9% increase over the
equivalent post-split dividend of $0.136 paid during the previous quarter.

This marks the 218th consecutive dividend paid by the Company.

David P. Emmens
Corporate Secretary
The Gorman-Rupp Company
Telephone (419) 755-1477
American Stock Exchange Symbol (GRC)

For information contact Robert E. Kirkendall, Sr. Vice President & CFO,
Tel (419) 755-1294

The Gorman-Rupp company is a manufacturer of pumps and related equipment for
water, wastewater, construction, industrial, petroleum, original equipment,
agricultural, fire and governmental applications.