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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1994
Chung-Ho Chen, Taichung City, TW;
Hsin-Te Chen, Taichung City, TW;
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for preventing a coin drop mechanism and a coin box from burglary includes a metal hollow casing, a metal mounting plate, and a plurality of carriage bolts and nuts. The coin drop mechanism has a plate member which is mounted to a front panel of a vending machine, slot machine and the like. The coin box has a front wall mounted to the front panel. The hollow casing has a planar wall, and an opening formed in the planar wall of the hollow casing. The mounting plate has a first hole and a second hole. The plate member of the coin drop mechanism and the front wall of the coin box are lockably installed to the first and second holes of the mounting plate. A plurality of carriage bolts pass through the mounting plate, the front panel and the planar wall of the hollow casing in sequence and engage a plurality of corresponding nuts, so that the mounting plate and the hollow casing can be connected to the front face and the rear face of the front panel and the coin drop mechanism and the coin box can be received within the hollow casing.