Water-fed pole for window cleaning

A water-fed pole for window cleaning and suitable for connecting to a source of high pressure water comprising:

• an extendable pole comprising two or more pole sections, the pole sections being moveable relative to each other, in use, to extend and shorten the pole;
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• one or more clamps, each clamp being coupled to a given pole section and being operable to clamp the given pole section to an adjacent pole section, thereby fixing, in use, the length of the pole;
• wherein the or each clamp comprises a clamping surface arranged such that, on operation of the clamp, the clamping surface is brought into contact with a surface of the adjacent pole section to clamp the given pole section to the adjacent pole section, wherein at least a portion of the clamping surface comprises a resilient material, wherein the clamping surface comprises a sleeve or a portion thereof, the sleeve comprising a sleeve body having a first open end and a second open end;
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• a clamp fitting comprising a clamp body having a first open end and a second open end;
• wherein an end of the given pole section is received in the first open end of the clamp body and the sleeve is disposed inside the second open end of the clamp body;
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• wherein at the second open end of the sleeve body, there is a flange having a greater diameter than the sleeve body, the flange having a pair of recesses located on opposite sides of the outside of the sleeve body, each recess being open towards the first open end of the sleeve body;
• and at the second open end of the clamp body there is a pair of locating formations on opposite sides of the clamp body, each locating formation being received in one of the recesses on the outside of the sleeve body.