V-ribbed belt

A V-ribbed belt comprising (a) a compression rubber, (b) an adhesion rubber laminated to the upper surface of said compression rubber, and (c) a tension member fixed by rubber of said adhesion rubber to be held in place in said adhesion rubber and arranged in the direction of the length of said V-ribbed belt wherein a plurality of grooves with a cross-section of vee shape are formed in the lower surface of said compression rubber, continuously extending in the direction of the length of said V-ribbed belt and wherein the upper surface of said adhesion rubber is covered with a covering fabric-rubber composite;

• said covering fabric-rubber composite including:
• a covering fabric;
• an impregnated rubber introduced into said covering fabric;
• an impregnated rubber introduced into said cover fabric;
• an upper rubber layer applied onto the upper surface of said covering fabric;
• a lower rubber layer applied onto the lower surface of said covering fabric;
• and
• an adhesive rubber layer applied onto the lower surface of said lower rubber layer and providing adhesion of said covering fabric-rubber composite to the upper surface of said adhesion rubber;
• wherein at least said upper rubber layer of said rubber sections of said covering fabric-rubber composite is composed of a rubber compound that has resistance to abrasion/viscosity and resistance to heat cracking, and wherein
• said rubber compound is a compound formed by incorporating 5 to 15 phr of an adhesive prepared by mixing resorcinol or denatured resorcinol with a methylene donor, into H-NBR (hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber).