Method for fabricating drive belt

A method for fabricating a drive belt, comprising:

• an uncrosslinked rubber sheet forming step that includes cutting a continuous uncrosslinked rubber sheet into a plurality of uncrosslinked rubber sheet sections and joining the edges of the plurality of uncrosslinked rubber sheet sections to form a single uncrosslinked rubber sheet having a first juncture;
• a rubber sheet hot-pressing step of adhering a mark hot-transfer sheet including a resin film on which a mark has been placed over the first juncture of the single uncrosslinked rubber sheet by hot pressing so that the mark hot-transfer sheet covers the first juncture;
• a cylindrical rubber formation step of forming a cylindrical rubber by roundly joining the single uncrosslinked rubber sheet to form a second juncture;
• a cylindrical rubber hot-pressing step of adhering a mark hot-transfer sheet including a resin film on which a mark has been placed over the second juncture of the cylindrical rubber by hot pressing so that the mark hot-transfer sheet covers the second juncture on the inside of the cylindrical rubber, and
• a mold covering step of covering a cylindrical mold with the cylindrical rubber formed in the cylindrical rubber formation step, wherein 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, the cylindrical mold is covered with the cylindrical rubber with mark hot-transfer sheets provided over the first and second junctures in the cylindrical rubber in order to mechanically reinforce the junctures.