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Imperial Camera Corporation Cubex IV
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Photos by Sylvain Halgand text by Sylvain Halgand. From the collection of Sylvain Halgand. Last update 2022-12-03 par Sylvain Halgand.

Manufactured or assembled in USA from 1961 to (After) 1961.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 1158

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Chronology of cameras Imperial Camera Corporation 

Traduction de Sylvain Halgand

This camera dates from the middle of the 60s, as lets it think its connector for flashcube. The rotation of this one is manual and is done using the large serrated roller located on the left. Above the camera is a two batteries compartment. There is no setting on this camera.
The most original feature of this camera is its similarity with Halina Roy, manufactured in Hong-Kong.

Imperial Camera Corporation Cubex IV



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Starting in 1961, the Herbert George company was succeeded by Imperial. The cameras produced by the new brand continued in the same vein as those of Herbert George.

According to the patent application dates, Imperial remained active until the early 1980s but increasingly shifted production to Asia.

The patents filed by Imperial Camera Corp. list George Irwin as the inventor, who had already worked for Herbert George in the latter half of the 1950s. The illustrations accompanying the patent applications correspond to Herbert George or Imperial cameras and accessories.

Herbert George
1959
Universal flash lamp socket
Brevet
US2912665 
1961
Flash camera and reflector
Brevet
US2977865

Imperial Camera Corp.
1961
Flash Camera
Brevet
US3001461
1964
Flash bulb holder and camera assembly
Brevet
US3118613
1965
Flash holder construction
Brevet
US3211902
1966
Flash shutter with double exposure prevention
Brvet
US3246589
1966
Flash synchronized shutter
Brevet
US3254581
1966
Flash bulb holding means
Brevet
US3259868
1968
Camera construction
Brevet
US3406621
1969
Flashcube sockets
Brevet
US3431542
1970
Improvements in or relating to cameras with flashcube mechanisms
Brevet
GB1183080
1971
Cartridge type camera construction
Brevet
US3605595
1971
Firing and synchronizing mechanism for percussion-ignitable flashlamps
Brevet
US3628431
1972
Flash lamp actuating structure
Brevet
US3665827
1980
Flash lamp operating mechanism
Brevet
US4204757
 





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