Makapu a mapepala alembedwa ku China, komwe mapepala adapangidwa m'zaka za m'ma 2000 BC ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito popereka tiyi. Anapangidwa m'makulidwe ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana, ndipo anali okongoletsedwa ndi mapangidwe okongoletsera. Umboni wa zilembo za makapu a mapepala umapezeka pofotokoza katundu wa banja la a Yu, ochokera mumzinda wa Hangzhou.
Chikho chamakono cha pepala chinapangidwa m'zaka za m'ma 1900. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, zinali zofala kukhala ndi magalasi kapena zoyezera madzi m'malo opezeka madzi monga m'mapaipi a kusukulu kapena m'migolo yamadzi m'sitima. Kugwiritsa ntchito madzi pamodzi kumeneku kunayambitsa nkhawa pa thanzi la anthu.
Kutengera ndi nkhawa izi, komanso pamene zinthu zamapepala (makamaka pambuyo pa kupangidwa kwa Dixie Cup mu 1908) zinayamba kupezeka motchipa komanso mwaukhondo, ziletso zakomweko zinaperekedwa pa chikho chogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu onse. Limodzi mwa makampani oyamba a sitima kugwiritsa ntchito makapu apepala otayidwa ndi Lackawanna Railroad, lomwe linayamba kuwagwiritsa ntchito mu 1909.
Dixie Cup ndi dzina la mzere wa makapu a pepala ogwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi imodzi omwe adapangidwa koyamba ku United States mu 1907 ndi Lawrence Luellen, loya ku Boston, Massachusetts, yemwe anali ndi nkhawa ndi majeremusi omwe amafalikira ndi anthu omwe amagawana magalasi kapena zotsukira m'madzi akumwa pagulu.
Pambuyo poti Lawrence Luellen adapanga chikho chake cha pepala ndi kasupe wamadzi wofanana nawo, adayambitsa kampani ya American Water Supply Company ya New England mu 1908 yomwe ili ku Boston. Kampaniyo idayamba kupanga chikhochi komanso Wogulitsa Madzi.
Dixie Cup poyamba inkatchedwa "Health Kup", koma kuyambira mu 1919 idatchedwa dzina la zidole zopangidwa ndi Alfred Schindler's Dixie Doll Company ku New York. Kupambana kunapangitsa kampaniyo, yomwe inalipo pansi pa mayina osiyanasiyana, kudzitcha Dixie Cup Corporation ndikusamukira ku fakitale ku Wilson, Pennsylvania. Pamwamba pa fakitaleyo panali thanki lalikulu lamadzi looneka ngati chikho.
Komabe, n’zoonekeratu kuti masiku ano sitimwa khofi kuchokera ku makapu a Dixie. M’zaka za m’ma 1930 munali makapu atsopano ogwiritsidwa ntchito—umboni wakuti anthu anali kale kugwiritsa ntchito makapu a pepala pa zakumwa zotentha. Mu 1933, Sydney R. Koons wa ku Ohio adalemba fomu yopempha patent kuti apeze chogwirira chomangirira ku makapu a pepala. Mu 1936, Walter W. Cecil adapanga chikho cha pepala chomwe chinali ndi zogwirira, zomwe mwachionekere cholinga chake chinali kutsanzira makapu. Kuyambira m’zaka za m’ma 1950, panalibe kukayikira kuti makapu a khofi ogwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi imodzi anali m’maganizo mwa anthu, pamene opanga zinthu anayamba kulemba ma patent a zivindikiro zomwe zinkapangidwira makamaka makapu a khofi. Kenako kunabwera Nyengo Yagolide ya chikho cha khofi chogwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi imodzi kuyambira m’ma 60.
Nthawi yotumizira: Disembala-22-2021
