Ibikombe by'impapuro byanditswe mu Bushinwa bw'abami, aho impapuro zavumbuwe mu kinyejana cya 2 mbere ya Yesu kandi zikoreshwa mu gutanga icyayi. Zubatswe mubunini n'amabara atandukanye, kandi zari zishushanyijeho ibishushanyo mbonera. Ibimenyetso byerekana ibikombe byimpapuro bigaragara mubisobanuro byumutungo wumuryango Yu, ukomoka mumujyi wa Hangzhou.
Igikombe cya kijyambere cyakozwe mu kinyejana cya 20. Mu ntangiriro z'ikinyejana cya 20, wasangaga abantu basangira ibirahuri cyangwa ibishishwa ku masoko y'amazi nka robine y'ishuri cyangwa ibigega by'amazi muri gari ya moshi. Uku gukoresha gusangiye kwateye impungenge ubuzima rusange.
Hashingiwe kuri izo mpungenge, kandi nkibicuruzwa byimpapuro (cyane cyane nyuma yo kuvumburwa Igikombe cya Dixie 1908) biboneka bihendutse kandi bisukuye neza, ibihano byaho byanyujijwe ku gikombe gisangiwe-gikoreshwa. Imwe mu masosiyete ya gari ya moshi ya mbere yakoresheje ibikombe bikoreshwa mu mpapuro ni Gari ya moshi ya Lackawanna, yatangiye kuyikoresha mu 1909.
Igikombe cya Dixie nizina ryumurongo wibikombe byimpapuro zishobora gutunganywa bwa mbere muri Reta zunzubumwe zamerika mu 1907 na Lawrence Luellen, umunyamategeko i Boston, muri Massachusetts, wari uhangayikishijwe na mikorobe ikwirakwizwa n’abantu basangira ibirahuri cyangwa ibinini mu bikoresho rusange by’amazi yo kunywa.
Nyuma yuko Lawrence Luellen ahimbye igikombe cye cy'impapuro n'isoko y'amazi ahuye, yatangije isosiyete y'Abanyamerika itanga amazi yo mu Bwongereza mu 1908 iherereye i Boston. Isosiyete yatangiye gukora igikombe kimwe n’umucuruzi w’amazi.
Igikombe cya Dixie cyiswe bwa mbere "Ubuzima Kup", ariko guhera mu 1919 cyitiriwe umurongo w’ibipupe byakozwe na Sosiyete ya Dixie Doll ya Alfred Schindler i New York. Intsinzi yayoboye isosiyete yariho mu mazina atandukanye, yiyita Dixie Cup Corporation yimukira mu ruganda i Wilson, muri Pennsylvania. Hejuru y'uruganda hari ikigega kinini cyamazi kimeze nkigikombe.
Biragaragara, nubwo, tutanywa ikawa mubikombe bya Dixie uyumunsi. Mu myaka ya za 1930 habonetse urujya n'uruza rw'ibikombe bishya - byerekana ko abantu bari basanzwe bakoresha ibikombe by'impapuro mu binyobwa bishyushye. Mu 1933, Ohioan Sydney R. Koons yatanze impapuro zisaba ipatanti kugirango yomeke ku bikombe. Mu 1936, Walter W. Cecil yahimbye igikombe cy'impapuro cyazanwe n'intoki, bigaragara ko cyari kigamije kwigana imifuka. Kuva mu myaka ya za 1950, ntawashidikanyaga ko ibikombe bya kawa bikoreshwa byari mu bwenge bw'abantu, kubera ko abashakashatsi batangiye gutanga patenti ku gipfundikizo cyagenewe cyane cyane ibikombe by'ikawa. Hanyuma haza ibihe bya Zahabu byikawa ikawa ikoreshwa kuva muri za 60.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ukuboza-22-2021