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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.

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]].

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]].

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]]'',  ...

===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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