Abstract: A method for processing a rubber surface and a sealing member treated with the method. In the first mode, a rubber surface is formed with a large number of small dimples in a regularly dotted pattern by irradiating laser beams from a laser irradiation device. In the second mode, a skin layer of the rubber surface is removed by irradiating laser beams from the laser irradiation device. In the third mode, the first mode and the third mode are combined. A sealing member comprises rubber including a seal lip part for elastically and slidably contacting a counterpart member, wherein a sliding contact surface of the seal lip part contacting the counterpart member is treated with one of the first, the second and the third modes of the method for processing a rubber surface.

Abstract: This invention provides a rubber-coated stainless steel plate suitable as a gasket core material with excellent adhesion to the rubber layer, a method of manufacturing the same, and a gasket comprising the rubber-coated stainless steel plate. The following are provided by the present invention: a stainless steel plate having a roughened surface on which chrome hydroxide, chrome oxide, iron hydroxide, and iron oxide are deposited; a rubber-coated stainless steel plate formed by coating the surface of the stainless steel plate with a rubber layer; a gasket comprising the rubber-coated stainless steel plate; and a method of manufacturing the stainless steel plate, wherein the stainless steel plate is roughened with at least one of chemical roughening and electrochemical roughening and is then subjected to cathode electrolytic treatment in an alkaline solution.