Inventors:
Elizabeth Johnson - Hillsborough NJ
Richard Richroath - Morganville NJ
Joseph Lentini - Hazlet NJ
Robert Torode - Point Pleasant NJ
Assignee:
New Jersey Highway Authority - Woodbridge NJ
International Classification:
G07F 104
Abstract:
The present invention involves a tamper-resistant guard for a coin-collection machine that receives coins and directs the coins toward a coin-collection machine, while the guard also protects the coin machine from pilfering. The tamper-resistant anti-theft guard has a cover which encloses the inlet opening of the coin-collection machine, and the cover has dual anti-theft coin guards, namely, a limited-access openings on its surface and baffles housed within it. The limited-access openings and the baffles prohibit or restrict the insertion of human hands, human fingers, or foreign objects into the cover or into the coin machine being protected.