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                                                                    Exhibit 4(j)


                                AMENDMENT NO. 7
                                       TO
                            THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY
                   INDIVIDUAL PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN
                 (AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1987
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                 The Gorman-Rupp Company, an Ohio corporation, hereby adopts
this Amendment No. 7 to The Gorman-Rupp Company Individual Profit Sharing
Retirement Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 1987 (the "Plan").

                                       I.

                 Effective as of January 1, 1995, clause (i) of Section 8.5 of
the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows:

         "(i) a Member's Account shall be distributed or commence to be
         distributed not later than April 1 of the calendar year following the
         calendar year in which he attains age 70 1/2 whether or not his
         employment with the Controlled Group has terminated, in accordance
         with Section 8.3 or section 401(a)(9) of the Code, as elected by the
         Member,"

                 EXECUTED at Mansfield, Ohio this 22nd day of December, 1995.
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                                           THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY


                                           By  /s/ Kenneth E. Dudley
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                                               Title: Treasurer
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                                           And /s/ K. J. Bargahiser
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                                               Title: VP Communications
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