Patent ID: 8012282

Claim:
A method for fabricating a drive belt, comprising a cylindrical rubber formation step of forming a cylindrical rubber by roundly joining an uncrosslinked rubber sheet to form a juncture and a mold covering step of covering a cylindrical mold with the cylindrical rubber formed in the cylindrical rubber formation step, and a sheet hot-pressing step of adhering a mark hot-transfer sheet including a resin film on which a mark has been placed over the juncture of the cylindrical rubber by hot pressing so that the mark hot-transfer sheet covers the juncture on the inside of the cylindrical rubber, wherein in the mold covering step, the cylindrical rubber is formed so that the inner peripheral length thereof is 0.25% to 5.00% shorter than the outer peripheral length of the cylindrical mold, and the cylindrical mold is covered with the cylindrical rubber with the mark hot-transfer sheet provided over the juncture of the cylindrical rubber in order to mechanically reinforce the juncture.