Patent ID: 6180703
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A63B,C08G,C08K,C08L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A rubber composition for footwear comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of an elastomer selected from the group consisting of natural rubber (NR), polyisoprene rubber (IR), polychloroprene rubber (CR), styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber (SBR), polybutadiene rubber (BR), acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer rubber (NBR), butyl rubber (IIR) and ethylene-propylene copolymer rubbers (EPM, EPDM), (B) 5 to 150 parts by weight of a filler, and (C) 1 to 100 parts by weight, based upon 100 parts by weight of the filler (B), of a polysiloxane represented by the formula (I) having an average degree of polymerization of 3 to 1000: ##STR5##wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 to C.sub.18 substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group which may contain an ether bond, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 to C.sub.18 substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group, R.sup.3 is a methyl group or phenyl group, m is an integer of 1 or more, and n is 0 or a positive integer.