Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery containing: a particulate polymer formed of a block copolymer including an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit and a block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit; at least one saturated hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of a chain alkane having a carbon number of not less than 5 and not more than 8 and a cycloalkane having a carbon number of not less than 5 and not more than 8; and water. The content of the saturated hydrocarbon is not less than 0.001 parts by mass and not more than 0.1 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the particulate polymer.

Abstract: A method for producing a laminate including a substrate and a rubber layer, the rubber layer having a thickness of 200 ?m or more from the surface of the substrate, the method including contacting the substrate in a heated state with a polymer latex having a viscosity of 2,000 to 100,000 mPa·s at 25° C. to thereby coagulate the polymer in contact therewith to form the rubber layer.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery negative electrode with which it is possible to form a negative electrode having excellent peel strength and low tendency to swell after cycling and a secondary battery having excellent cycle characteristics. The binder composition contains a particulate binder and a dispersion medium. The particulate binder has a cross-linked structure through bonding via sulfur. The amount of sediment obtained upon centrifugation of the binder composition at a rotation speed of 110,000 rpm is less than 5.0 parts by mass when the amount of all solid content contained in the binder composition is taken to be 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode with which it is possible to form a slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode having excellent stability and an electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent peel strength after thermal drying. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains a particulate polymer A and a particulate polymer B. The particulate polymer A includes: a backbone portion formed of a block copolymer that includes an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit; and a graft portion. The particulate polymer B includes an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit in a proportion of 70.0 mass % or more and includes a graft portion.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode that can form an electrode having excellent peel strength and heat resistance and that can reduce internal resistance of a non-aqueous secondary battery. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains water and a particulate polymer formed of a polymer that includes a block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and that includes either or both of an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit. The particulate polymer has a volume-average particle diameter of not less than 0.1 ?m and less than 0.9 ?m and has a particle size distribution of not less than 3 and not more than 10.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode that enables production of a slurry composition that can be used in high-speed application and high-speed pressing and that enables formation of an electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery that can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent low-temperature cycle characteristics. The binder composition contains water and a particulate polymer that is formed of a polymer including a block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit. The particulate polymer has a volume-average particle diameter of not less than 0.08 ?m and less than 0.6 ?m.

Abstract: A dip-formed article includes a laminate in which a rubber layer is laminated on a fiber base material. The thickness of the rubber layer is 0.2 to 0.8 mm, the rubber constituting the rubber layer penetrates into the fiber base material, the maximum depth to which the rubber has penetrated into the fiber base material is 0.1 to 0.3 mm, and the maximum stress at 50% elongation of the laminate is 20 N or smaller.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode that can form an electrode having excellent peel strength and a secondary battery having excellent cycle characteristics. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains a hindered phenol antioxidant and a particulate polymer formed of a graft polymer that includes a hydrophilic graft chain and that is obtained through a graft polymerization reaction of 1 part by mass to 40 parts by mass, in total, of either or both of a hydrophilic monomer and a macromonomer with 100 parts by mass of core particles containing a block copolymer that includes an aromatic vinyl block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and an isoprene block region formed of an isoprene unit, and in which proportional content of the isoprene block region is 70 mass % to 99 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery containing: a particulate polymer formed of a block copolymer including an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit and a block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit; at least one saturated hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of a chain alkane having a carbon number of not less than 5 and not more than 8 and a cycloalkane having a carbon number of not less than 5 and not more than 8; and water. The content of the saturated hydrocarbon is not less than 0.001 parts by mass and not more than 0.1 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the particulate polymer.

Abstract: A method for producing a laminate including a substrate and a rubber layer, the rubber layer having a thickness of 200 ?m or more from the surface of the substrate, the method including contacting the substrate in a heated state with a polymer latex having a viscosity of 2,000 to 100,000 mPa·s at 25° C. to thereby coagulate the polymer in contact therewith to form the rubber layer.

Abstract: A rubber formed article includes a laminate in which a rubber layer of nitrile rubber is laminated on a fiber base material. The nitrile rubber contains a copolymer having 52 to 78% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units, 20 to 40% by weight of ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units, and 2 to 10% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid monomer units. Stress at 50% elongation of the laminate is 20 N or smaller. A ratio of an area where rubber is visible when the laminate is viewed from the back side to an area of the laminate is 15% or less. The thickness of the rubber layer is 0.30 mm or less.

Abstract: A dip-formed article includes a laminate in which a rubber layer is laminated on a fiber base material. The thickness of the rubber layer is 0.2 to 0.8 mm, the rubber constituting the rubber layer penetrates into the fiber base material, the maximum depth to which the rubber has penetrated into the fiber base material is 0.1 to 0.3 mm, and the maximum stress at 50% elongation of the laminate is 20 N or smaller.

Abstract: A rubber formed article includes a laminate in which a rubber layer of nitrile rubber is laminated on a fiber base material. The nitrile rubber contains a copolymer having 52 to 78% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units, 20 to 40% by weight of ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units, and 2 to 10% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid monomer units. Stress at 50% elongation of the laminate is 20 N or smaller. A ratio of an area where rubber is visible when the laminate is viewed from the back side to an area of the laminate is 15% or less. The thickness of the rubber layer is 0.30 mm or less.

Abstract: An electric shaver including a shaver main body and a cutter head, which is installed on the upper portion of the shaver main body and has cutter units each having an outer cutter and an inner cutter that reciprocates while making sliding contact with the inside surface of the outer cutter, in which at least one cutter unit is provided with a foil-form outer cutter, and such cutter unit having the foil-form outer cutter is provided so as to be movable, within the cutter head, between a standard position and a predetermined upper or lower position so that the cutter unit is fixed in place at one of the standard, upper and lower positions.

Abstract: An electric shaver with a cutter head that is equipped with a plurality of cutter units as movable units, and at least one cutter unit among these movable units being used after being fixed at a position where this cutter unit has been moved upward or downward from a standard position.

Abstract: An electric shaver including a shaver main body and a cutter head, which is installed on the upper portion of the shaver main body and has cutter units each having an outer cutter and an inner cutter that reciprocates while making sliding contact with the inside surface of the outer cutter, in which at least one cutter unit is provided with a foil-form outer cutter, and such cutter unit having the foil-form outer cutter is provided so as to be movable, within the cutter head, between a standard position and a predetermined upper or lower position so that the cutter unit is fixed in place at one of the standard, upper and lower positions.

Abstract: An electric shaver with a cutter head that is equipped with a plurality of cutter units as movable units, and at least one cutter unit among these movable units being used after being fixed at a position where this cutter unit has been moved upward or downward from a standard position.