Abstract: There are provided a sample conveying device and a sample conveyance method capable of determining a cause of an abnormality in a conveyance speed more quickly than in the related art. In a conveying device 501, a general conveyance speed of a conveying container 102 is obtained from a position of the conveying container 102 detected by a position detection unit 110 to determine whether the general conveyance speed is abnormal, and when it is determined that the general conveyance speed is abnormal, an inspection conveying container 105 is conveyed, and the cause of the abnormality in the general conveyance speed is determined based on the conveyance speed of the inspection conveying container 105.

Abstract: A novel rubbery copolymer comprising (A) 5 to 95% by weight of structural units based on 1,1-dicyano-2-vinylcyclopropane and (B) 95 to 5% by weight of structural units based on a 1,1-difluoro-2-vinylcyclopropane and having a weight average molecular weight, calculated for standard polystyrene, of 2,000 to 2,000,000 is provided by copolymerizing the 1,1-dicyano-2-vinylcyclopropane and the 1,1-difluoro-2-vinylcyclopropanes in the presence of a free radical initiator. This rubbery copolymer and its hydrogenated product give a vulcanizate having improved oil resistance, cold resistance, thermal resistance, sour gasoline resistance, alcohol-containing gasoline resistance and alcohol-containing sour gasoline resistance.

Abstract: A rubber composition for dust cover boots comprising a copolymer rubber composed of 10 to 60 mole % of epichlorohydrin, 30 to 90 mole % of propylene oxide or both propylene oxide and ethylene oxide with the propylene oxide/ethylene oxide mole ratio being at least 1, and 0 to 15 mole % of an unsaturated epoxide, and a vulcanization agent for the copolymer rubber.

Abstract: A rubber composition for tire treads, comprising [I] 10 to 90% by weight of a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber containing not more than 40% by weight of bound styrene and having bonded to a carbon atom of the rubber molecular chain at least 0.1 mole, per mole of the rubber molecular chain, of an atomic grouping represented by the following formula ##STR1## wherein: X represents O or S,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are identical or different and each represents an amino group or an alkyl-substituted amino group,R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are identical or different and each represents a substituent other than the above-mentioned,m, p and q each represent O or an integer of at least 1,n represents an integer of at least 1, m+p=0-5, and n+q=1-5,and [II] 90 to 10% by weight of at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber having a bound styrene content of not more than 40% by weight and polyisoprene rubber.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprising as main components (1) at least one rubber having a glass transition temperature of from -45.degree. C. to 0.degree. C. and selected from the group consisting of an isoprene-butadiene copolymer rubber and polyisoprene rubber and (2) at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of natural rubber and cis-1,4-polyisoprene rubber having a cis-1,4-linkage content of at least 90 mole %, said composition having a value, defined by the following formula, of at least 10,[(R-53)+(S-100)]wherein R is a rebound (%) measured at 51.degree. C. by a Dunlop Tripso meter for a vulcanized product of said rubber composition, and S, as defined in the specification, is a wet skid resistance index on a road surface defined by ASTM E-303-74 which is determined at 19.degree. C. by a portable skid tester for a vulcanized product of said rubber composition.