Exhibit 24.1

                              ROBBINS & MYERS, INC.
                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
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          WHEREAS, Robbins & Myers, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), a Registration Statement on Form S-8 covering
1,200,000 of its common shares, without par value, that may be issued under the
Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Registration Statement");

          NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned, in his capacity as a director
of the Company, hereby appoints Peter C. Wallace, Kevin J. Brown, and each of
them to be his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, as
aforesaid, the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
and any and all other instruments necessary or incidental in connection
therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Said attorney shall have full power and authority to do and perform, in the name
and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to
be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the acts of said
attorney.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
8th day of December, 2004.


/s/  Daniel W. Duval                              /s/ David T. Gibbons
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Daniel W. Duval                                   David T. Gibbons


/s/ Robert J. Kegerreis                           /s/ Thomas P. Loftis
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Robert J. Kegerreis                               Thomas P. Loftis


/s/ William D. Manning                            /s/ Dale L. Medford
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William D. Manning                                Dale L. Medford


/s/ Jerome F. Tatar
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Jerome F. Tatar