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| Although the company official name was ''H. Hebborn & Co.'' it was universally known by the name of its main brand: [[Luxor]]; besides this, maintaining an inspiration to the themes of ancient Egypt, it also used as a sub-brand ''[[Sphinx]]''. In [[1938]], the company moved production facilities in Cologne. | | Although the company official name was ''H. Hebborn & Co.'' it was universally known by the name of its main brand: [[Luxor]]; besides this, maintaining an inspiration to the themes of ancient Egypt, it also used as a sub-brand ''[[Sphinx]]''. In [[1938]], the company moved production facilities in Cologne. |
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| + | In [[1935]], the company invented a telescopic [[piston filler]] (patent {{Cite patent|AT|149872}}) with two concentric sections which allowed to have a much shorter mechanism, resulting in more space for the ink reservoir. The mechanism was mounted on a model called [[Luxor Teleskop| Teleskop]], and it seems that it is the same one that was later adopted also by [[Montblanc]] for its flagship models of the series [[Montblanc 13x|130]] and [[Montblanc 14x|140]]. |
− | In the '40s, the company invented a telescopic [[piston filler]] with two concentric sections which allowed to have a much shorter mechanism, resulting in more space for the ink reservoir. The mechanism was mounted on a model called [[Luxor Teleskop| Teleskop]], and it seems that it is the same one that was later adopted also by [[Montblanc]] for its flagship models of the series [[Montblanc 13x|130]] and [[Montblanc 14x|140]]. | |
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| Other well-known names for the models produced by the company are the following: ''[[Luxor Visible|Visible]]'', ''[[Luxor Grandvisible|Grandvisible]]'', ... | | Other well-known names for the models produced by the company are the following: ''[[Luxor Visible|Visible]]'', ''[[Luxor Grandvisible|Grandvisible]]'', ... |
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| The activities of the [[Luxor]] ended around the 70s with the acquisition by the [[Parker]] German branch, and today the brand is no more. | | The activities of the [[Luxor]] ended around the 70s with the acquisition by the [[Parker]] German branch, and today the brand is no more. |
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| ===External references=== | | ===External references=== |
− | * http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/205127-older-luxor-and-parker-sets | + | * [http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/205127-older-luxor-and-parker-sets] Discussion on FPN |
− | * https://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=12237#p148691 | + | * [https://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=12237#p148691] Discussion on FountainPen.it forum |
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| ===Notes=== | | ===Notes=== |
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| {{BrandData|Founder=Heinrich Hebborn|Place=Heidelberg|Date=1925|Country=DE|Fullname=H. Hebborn & Co.}} | | {{BrandData|Founder=Heinrich Hebborn|Place=Heidelberg|Date=1925|Country=DE|Fullname=H. Hebborn & Co.}} |
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| {{CategorizeBrand|Germania|Secondary brand}}</noinclude> | | {{CategorizeBrand|Germania|Secondary brand}}</noinclude> |