Ebusika bango-1902, owesifazane ogama lakhe linguMary Anderson wayeya eNew York futhi wathola ukuthi isimo sezulu esibi sasibangela umonakalo omkhulu.ukushayelakancane kakhulu.Ngakho wakhipha incwajana yakhe wadweba umdwebo: ai-rubber wiperngaphandle kweiwindshield, exhunywe ku-lever ngaphakathi kwemoto.
U-Anderson unelungelo lobunikazi bokusungulwa kwakhe ngonyaka olandelayo, kodwa bambalwa abantu ababenezimoto ngaleso sikhathi, ngakho-ke ukusungulwa kwakhe akuzange kuhehe isithakazelo esikhulu.Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, lapho iModel T kaHenry Ford iletha izimoto endaweni evamile, ingoma ka-Anderson ethi “ukuhlanza iwindi” yakhohlwa.
UJohn Oishei wabe esezama futhi.U-Oishei uthole okukhiqizwa endaweni okwenziwa ngesandlaisisula imotoebizwa ngokuthi iRain Rubber. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-windshield yahlukaniswa yaba izingxenye ezingenhla nezingezansi, futhiirabha yemvulashibilika eduze kwegebe phakathi kwezingcezu ezimbili zengilazi. Wabe esesungula inkampani ezoyikhangisa.
Nakuba umshini wawudinga umshayeli ukuba alawule ingcina yemvula ngesandla esisodwa kanye nesondo lokuqondisa ngesinye—ngokushesha waba imishini evamile ezimotweni zaseMelika.Inkampani ka-Oishei, eyagcina iqanjwe ngokuthi i-Trico, yabusa ngokusheshai-wiper bladeimakethe.
Ngokuhamba kweminyaka,ama-wiperziye zaqanjwa kabusha kaninginingi ngokuphendula izinguquko ekwakhiweni kwe-windshield. Kodwa umqondo oyisisekelo useyilo u-Anderson awudweba emgwaqeni waseNew York ngo-1902.
Njengoba esinye isikhangiso sakuqala samawipha omoya sakubeka: “Umbono ocacilekuvimbela izingozi futhi kwenzaukushayela lula.”
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-10-2023