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A gear pump includes: a pump chamber formed in the housing; a gear disposed in the pump chamber; a side plate disposed between a wall of the pump chamber and the gear, and arranged to seal a side surface of the gear, the side plate including an annular receiving portion formed between the wall of the pump chamber and the side plate, the receiving portion having a bottom portion and a side wall portion; a seal member disposed in the receiving portion of the side plate, and arranged to liquid-tightly separate the low pressure chamber and the high pressure chamber of the pump chamber; a pressure introducing section arranged to introduce a pressure generated by the pump operation, to a space between the bottom portion of the receiving portion and the seal member, and thereby to separate the seal member away from the bottom portion of the receiving portion.
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