Joined V-Belt and Manufacturing Method Therefor

Abstract

A joined V-belt includes: a plurality of wrapped V-belt portions; and a tie band, in which outer peripheral surfaces of the wrapped V-belt portions are connected by the tie band. Each of the wrapped V-belt portions includes a belt body and a cover fabric covering an outer surface of the belt body. The belt body includes a tension member layer including a tension member, a tension rubber layer laminated on a belt outer peripheral side of the tension member layer, and a compression rubber layer laminated on a belt inner peripheral side of the tension member layer. The tie band includes a short fiber-containing rubber layer in which a short fiber is oriented in a belt width direction, and the short fiber-containing rubber layer includes a plurality of rib portions extending in a belt longitudinal direction.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.