Reinforced coin box construction

Claim 1

A TAMPER PROOF COIN BOX FOR USE WITH A COIN OPERATED MACHINE COMPRISING, A HOUSING HAVING A COIN RECEIVING CHAMBER AND A MECHANISM CHAMBER THEREIN WITH A PARTITION IN THE HOUSING DIVIDING THE CHAMBERS, A COIN INSERTING MECHANISM ATTACHED TO A FACE OF THE HOUSING AND EXTENDING INTO THE MECHANISM CHAMBER, AN APERTURE IN SAID FACE OF THE HOUSING COMMUNICATING WITH THE COIN RECEIVING CHAMBER, A COIN DRAWER SLIDABLY POSITIONED IN TTHE COIN RECEIVING CHAMBER AND EXTENDING THROUGH AND FILLING SAID APERTURE IN THE FACE OF SAID HOUSING, SAID COIN DRAWER HAVING A FACE EXPOSED IN SAID APERTURE AND NORMALLY FLUSH WITH SAID FACE OF THE HOUSING IN THE CLOSED POSITION, SAID HOUSING BEING MOUNTED ON A SURFACE OF THE COIN OPERATED MACHINE WITH MECHANISM IN SAID MECHANISM CHAMBER BEING INTERCONNECTED WITH THE COIN OPERATED MACHINE, A REINFORCING STRUCTURE COVERING A PORTION OF THE HOUSING ON SURFACES OF THE SAME NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE COIN OPERATED MACHINE, SAID REINFORCING STRUCTURE PROJECTING A GIVEN DISTANCE BEYOND SAID FACE OF THE HOUSING AND THE FACE OF THE COIN DRAWER, A COVER PLATE CONNECTED TO THE FACE OF THE COIN DRAWER AND HAVING A THICKNESS DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE THE REINFORCING STRUCTURE PROJECTS BEYOND THE FACE F THE HOUSING TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH SURFACE THEREWITH, AND LOCK MEANS EXTENDING FROM THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF THE COVER PLATE THROUGH THE COIN DRAWER TO COOPERATE WITH SECURING MEANS POSITIONED IN THE PARTITION WITHIN THE HOUSING, SAID LOCK MEANS INCLUDING A PORTION THEREOF SECURING THE COVER PLATE TO THE FACE OF THE COIN DRAWER.