A sealing device, sealing assembly and an apparatus having a rotation shaft that uses the sealing assembly. The sealing assembly includes a rotating shaft seal and a sealing device. The rotating shaft seal has a ring shaped body with the rotating shaft passing through it and a sealing portion forming a dynamic sealing cooperation with the rotating shaft. The sealing device includes a ring shaped body with the rotating shaft passing through it, and includes first and second ring shaped portions spaced apart from each other in an axial direction. The first ring shaped portion defines a static sealing surface forming a static sealing cooperation with the rotating shaft, and the second ring shaped portion defines a dynamic sealing surface forming a dynamic sealing cooperation with a portion of the rotating shaft seal adjacent to the sealing portion of the rotating shaft seal.