Method of securing tubular bellows to a cylinder

A method of securing a yieldably resilient first body to a second cylindrical body more rigid than said first body, said bodies having respective axes, and said first body being formed with an axial bore therethrough of smaller cross section in the relaxed condition of said first body than the cross section of said second body, which method comprises:

• a. inserting said first body in a clamping ring more rigid than said first body;
• 1. the internal cross section of said ring being greater than said cross section of said second body, but not substantially greater than the outer cross section of said first body,
• 2. said first body being inserted into said ring until an axially terminal portion of said first body projects beyond said ring,
• 3. said portion of said first body being formed with an orifice of said bore, and said second body entering said orifice under said exerted axial pressure;
• b. axially juxtaposing said bodies;
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• c. exerting axial pressure in opposite respective directions on said ring and on said second body while preventing said first body from moving out of said ring, until an axially terminal portion of said second body enters said bore and is axially coextensive with said ring, whereby a portion of said first body is radially compressed between said ring and said second body.