Popcorn vending machine

A popcorn vending machine for cooking fresh popcorn comprising:

• a housing, said housing having a base wall, a front wall, a back wall, two side walls, and a top wall, all of said walls connected together forming an enclosure;
• a raw kernel reservoir attached through the top wall of said housing, said raw kernel reservoir having a top and a base, said raw kernel reservoir including a sealable top opening and a conduit attached to an opening in its base;
• means for metering said raw corn connected to said conduit;
• vending actuating means having a first portion connected to the front wall of said housing and a second portion connected inside said housing to said raw kernel metering means;
• raw kernel dispensing means connected to said metering means, said raw kernel dispensing means having an input and an output;
• raw kernel chute means connected to the output of said raw kernel dispensing means, said chute means having an output;
• means for cooking popcorn connected to the output of said raw kernel chute;
• means for diverting cooked popcorn to a predetermined area;
• a cup receiving chamber having a base, said cup receiving chamber connected to the front wall of said housing and mounted inside said housing, said cup receiving chamber having an open top in communication with an output of said cooked popcorn diverting means;
• a turntable rotatably mounted in the base of said cup receiving chamber;
• power means for electrical power;
• circuit means connected to said power means for providing electrical power to said means for cooking popcorn, to said turntable, and to a switch means activated by said vending actuating means;
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• electrical timing means connected to said circuit means for providing power to said cooking means and to said turntable for a prescribed amount of time relative to said vending actuation.