Ibikombe by'impapuro byanditswe mu bwami bw'Ubushinwa, aho impapuro zavumbuwe mu kinyejana cya 2 mbere ya Yesu kandi zigakoreshwa mu gutanga icyayi. Byakozwe mu bunini n'amabara atandukanye, kandi byari bifite imitako. Ibimenyetso by'inyandiko by'ibikombe by'impapuro bigaragara mu gusobanura imitungo y'umuryango wa Yu, wo mu mujyi wa Hangzhou.
Igikombe cy’impapuro cya none cyakozwe mu kinyejana cya 20. Mu ntangiriro z’ikinyejana cya 20, byari ibisanzwe kugira ibirahuri cyangwa udukoresho two kwiyuhagira ku masoko y’amazi nka robine z’ishuri cyangwa utubati tw’amazi muri gari ya moshi. Uku gukoresha hamwe byateje impungenge ku buzima rusange.
Hashingiwe kuri izi mpungenge, kandi uko ibikoresho by'impapuro (cyane cyane nyuma y'ivumburwa rya Dixie Cup mu 1908) byagendaga biboneka ku giciro gito kandi gisukuye, amategeko yo mu gace yashyizweho ku gikombe gikoreshwa mu buryo busanzwe. Imwe mu masosiyete ya mbere ya gari ya moshi yakoresheje ibikombe by'impapuro zikoreshwa mu gihe cyo kuzikoresha ni Lackawanna Railroad, yatangiye kubikoresha mu 1909.
Dixie Cup ni izina ry’urutonde rw’ibikombe by’impapuro bikoreshwa rimwe byakozwe bwa mbere muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika mu 1907 na Lawrence Luellen, umunyamategeko wo muri Boston, muri Massachusetts, wari uhangayikishijwe n’uko mikorobe zakwirakwizwa n’abantu basangira ibirahuri cyangwa amacupa yo kwiyuhagira mu mazi akoreshwa na rubanda.
Nyuma y'uko Lawrence Luellen avumbuye igikombe cye cy'impapuro n'isoko ry'amazi rijyanye nacyo, yatangije ikigo cy'Abanyamerika gishinzwe gutanga amazi cyo muri New England mu 1908 giherereye i Boston. Icyo kigo cyatangiye gukora icyo gikombe ndetse n'umucuruzi w'amazi.
Igikombe cya Dixie cyabanje kwitwa "Health Kup", ariko kuva mu 1919 cyitiriwe umurongo w'ibipupe byakozwe na Alfred Schindler's Dixie Doll Company i New York. Intsinzi yatumye ikigo, cyari gisanzweho mu mazina atandukanye, cyiyita Dixie Cup Corporation maze cyimukira mu ruganda ruri i Wilson, muri Pennsylvania. Hejuru y'uruganda hari ikigega kinini cy'amazi gifite ishusho y'igikombe.
Ariko birumvikana ko tutanywa ikawa muri Dixie muri iki gihe. Mu myaka ya 1930 habayeho urujya n'uruza rw'ibikombe bishya byafashwe—ikimenyetso cy'uko abantu bari basanzwe bakoresha ibikombe by'impapuro mu binyobwa bishyushye. Mu 1933, Sydney R. Koons wo muri Ohio yatanze icyifuzo cy'uburenganzira bw'ipatanti kugira ngo habeho agakoresho ko gushyira ku bikombe by'impapuro. Mu 1936, Walter W. Cecil yavumbuye igikombe cy'impapuro cyazaga gifite imikoba, bigaragara ko cyari kigenewe kwigana ibikombe. Kuva mu myaka ya 1950, nta gushidikanya ko ibikombe by'ikawa byakoreshwaga mu gihe cyo gukoresha igihe ...
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ukuboza-22-2021
