the neck portion 47 is an arm 49 through which coins are diverted to the discharge chute 34 there are also a pair of slots 48 50 at the lower end of the base the slots receive complementary tabs 51 located on the bottom of the cover 12 in a retaining relationship a latch 52 at the top 23 of the base 18 is received by a complementary latch closure mechanism 54 which is disposed at the top of the cover 12 the perimeter of the cover 12 is designed to substantially align with and seal against the perimeter of the base 18 the tabs 51 and slots 48 50 at the bottom of the cover 12 and base 18 respectively retain the bottoms of these two structures together while the latch 52 and latch closure mechanism 54 releasably hold the top of the device in a locked relationship until such time as the latch 52 is pivoted to release the cover 12 from the base 18 thus a very simple economical yet structurally sound closure mechanism is provided for these two pieces which form the housing of the coin handling mechanism 10 fig4 illustrates the unique inventive concept which diverts and directs the flow of any fluid injected into the coin receiving slot 22 normally when vandals try to squirt salt water into a vending machine they use a squeeze bottle containing salt water the nozzle of the squeeze bottle is inserted into the coin receiving slot 22 and the flexible walls of the bottle.