Device for measuring physical properties of elastic bodies

A device for measuring mechanical properties of an elastic body, comprising: at least two contacts adapted to contact a surface of an elastic body to be measured, at least one of said contacts being a movable contact; a drive section for moving said movable contact; a control section for controlling an action of said drive section; a detecting section for detecting a stress generated by the movement of said contact as an electric signal; and a processing section for processing the electric signal for the stress detected by said detecting section and an amount of movement of said movable contact, wherein the action of said contacts making contact with the surface of said elastic body includes a closing action of the two of the contacts and a stationarily holding action after the closing action.