Ice-cream vending machine

An ice-cream vending machine comprising:

• an insulated and refrigerated bottom half housing containing stacks of cups containing ice-cream portions wherein the cups are supported by a plurality of circular platforms;
• a top half housing containing radially disposed topping storage bins, a topping retrieval mechanism and a centrally located cup holding mechanism and a centrally located cup holding platform;
• said topping storage bins comprising bins for storing dry granulated toppings and bins for storing liquid toppings;
• said granulated storage bins comprising an automated portion delivery mechanism;
• said liquid storage bins comprising a peristaltic pump and hose delivery mechanism;
• said topping retrieval mechanism comprising a topping receiving cup attached to a horizontally disposed telescoping arm;
• said telescoping arm including a vertically disposed support member slidably engaging a radially disposed drive mechanism that allows said topping receiving cup to access a selected bin portion delivery mechanism;
• said topping receiving cup capable of automatically turning upside-down to enable it to deliver its contents to the top of an ice-cream portion held within a cup located on said centrally located cup holding platform;
• said ice-cream portions capable of being retrieved one at a time from said refrigerated bottom half housing and delivered via an ice-cream delivery mechanism to said centrally located ice-cream cup;
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• said ice-cream cups capable of being pulled down one at a time by a cup retrieval mechanism and being placed on said centrally located cup holding platform where they can accept said ice-cream cups and said toppings.