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Thames & Kosmos Candy Claw Machine Experiment Manual

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Candy Claw
Machine
Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany | +49 (0) 711 2191-0 | www.kosmos.de
Thames & Kosmos, 89 Ship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com
ASSEMBLY VIDEO !
Scan this QR code to view a step-by-step
assembly video and tips on how to build
and use the Candy Claw Machine.

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  • Page 1 Scan this QR code to view a step-by-step assembly video and tips on how to build and use the Candy Claw Machine. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany | +49 (0) 711 2191-0 | www.kosmos.de Thames & Kosmos, 89 Ship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com...
  • Page 2 Good to know! KIT CONTENTS Do you have any questions or are you missing any parts? Our tech support team will be happy to help you! support@thamesandkosmos.com What’s inside your experiment kit: or 1-800-587-2872 No. Description Qty. No. Description Qty. Plastic frame A (Parts A1 –A17) P14 Suction cup Plastic frame B (Parts B1 –...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Pages 15, 16, and the inside back cover ASSEMBLY STARTS ON PAGE 3 Candy Claw Machine Assembly ....3 How to Use the Candy Claw Machine ..13 Experiments ........... 14 How Hydraulics Work ......15 Handy-Dandy End Effectors ..... 16 About Gears and Levers ..

  • Page 4: Introduction

    The player operates the claw with either your hand. Here is an overview of the different parts of push buttons or a joystick controller on the outside of the Candy Claw Machine: Hydraulic Tubes: Move waTer back and forTH beTween worM screw: Moves...

  • Page 5: Assembly Starts

    Assembling the Candy Claw Machine CANDY CLAW MACHINE ASSEMBLY asseMbly vIdeo! Scan this QR code to view a step-by-step assembly video and for more tips on building and using your Candy Claw Machine. Note: If the suction cups get stuck to your work surface...
  • Page 6 Turn the base over. Place the spring (P21) onto the peg of P11. Click into place. Note: Make sure the straight arm of the spring (P20) is tucked in the notch in P8. Place the top frame on the columns. Each Place the L-shaped corner should click into place.
  • Page 7 Assembling the Candy Claw Machine Assemble the scissor arm mechanism. Lay Note: When inserting A10, pick up the parts with the parts flat on a table. These images show both hands. Make sure the parts are fastened the parts viewed from above.
  • Page 8 Nozzle Lubricate P13! rem ipsum Cylinder Piston Move C6 back and forth several times to coat the inside of the cylinder (C4) with You have made oil. Reapply oil as necessary. hydraulic 3 (H3). Nozzle Lubricate P13! Cylinder Piston Move C11 back and forth several times to coat the inside of the cylinder You have made with oil.
  • Page 9 Assembling the Candy Claw Machine Some water will remain Aim the nozzle back into Submerge cylinder H3 in basin, then push the piston in the top of H3. Set the basin of water, then pull aside. back into the cylinder.
  • Page 10 Attach the handles (C1) to hydraulic cylinders H1 and H2 using the clips (C13). Then, attach the pegs as show below. H1 is on the right; H2 is on the left. For each cylinder, snap the left peg into the base first. Then snap in the right peg. Guide the tubes back, under the base.
  • Page 11 Assembling the Candy Claw Machine Screw B9 onto P5. Then insert P5 into P12 as shown. Attach the scissor arm mechanism to B9 using A11. Connect the tubes to the hydraulic cylinders as shown. Note: The scissor arm is behind B9.
  • Page 12 Install the claws. Move the claw assembly out of the way of the slots Thread the ribbon through the slots of P12 as shown. The ribbon on the left should be about 12 inches in P12 by twisting the red worm gear (P5). longer than the ribbon on the right.
  • Page 13 Assembling the Candy Claw Machine Turn the machine onto its left side so Move the left spool (A9) to the left, past the Bring the ribbon that is on the bottom of you can see the bottom of the machine.
  • Page 14 Connect the flexible shaft (P15) to the ends of A3 and A6. Guide the flexible shaft (P15) through the slot in the base. Peel any thin protective films off of the panel. Line up the prongs on the gear with the tabs inside the hole in A1.

  • Page 15: How To Use The Candy Claw Machine

    When the prize drops, it should hit the bullseye of the prize trigger. This will cause the prize door to pop open and the prize to pop out! CAn you mAsTer The candY ClAw MAchiNe aNd gEt a prize evEry tiME?!?

  • Page 16: Experiments

    EXPERIMENTS A. Change the claws 1. Lift up the front plastic panel. Press the tabs on C9 and C10 toward each other to release the current claw piece. 2. Snap the new claw pieces into C9 and C10. Experiment to see which claws work best for picking up a variety of different objects! B.

  • Page 17: How Hydraulics Work

    Check It Out HOW HYDRAULICs WORK In the claw machine, you saw how you could use the piston of one hydraulic cylinder to move another cylinder’s piston, and thereby transfer force, when the two of them are connected by a tube and the system is filled with water.

  • Page 18: Handy-Dandy End Effectors

    CHECK IT OUT Handy-Dandy End Effectors The device at the end of a robotic arm is called the end effector. You can think of it like a human hand, but the variety of different end effectors and their capabilities goes far beyond what a human hand can do on its own.
  • Page 19 CHECK IT OUT GEARS AND GEAR RATIOS Gears are actually just wheels with teeth on them. The teeth allow the wheels to mesh together and turn each other. In other words, they allow forces to be transmitted from one wheel to another. The mechanical advantage of a gear is evident when a large gear meshes with a small gear.
  • Page 20 You might find that some prizes you want to use in the claw machine are too big and get stuck when they should be ejected from the prize chute. In this case, you can easily remove the ejector tray from the prize door and install it in a fixed position at the bottom of the prize chute.