Imperial Camera Corporation Cubex IV |
Version française |
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.
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 US2912665 |
1961 Flash camera and reflector US2977865 |
Imperial Camera Corp. | |
1961 Flash Camera US3001461 |
1964 Flash bulb holder and camera assembly US3118613 |
1965 Flash holder construction US3211902 |
1966 Flash shutter with double exposure prevention US3246589 |
1966 Flash synchronized shutter US3254581 |
1966 Flash bulb holding means US3259868 |
1968 Camera construction US3406621 |
1969 Flashcube sockets US3431542 |
1970 Improvements in or relating to cameras with flashcube mechanisms GB1183080 |
1971 Cartridge type camera construction US3605595 |
1971 Firing and synchronizing mechanism for percussion-ignitable flashlamps US3628431 |
1972 Flash lamp actuating structure US3665827 |
1980 Flash lamp operating mechanism US4204757 |
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