Patent ID: 8489226

Claim:
A method for automatic and sequential loading of objects of a predetermined type onto a holding device of a decorating machine, each said object and the holding device having first and second respective axes of rotation and first and second respective locators of rotation about said respective axes, the loading of each said object onto the holding device leading to a contact of each said object with the holding device, to an alignment of the first and second axes, said method comprising the steps of: carrying out a movement of each said object until each said object is in contact with the holding device; selectively carrying out a relative rotation of each said object and the holding device about the first and second axes of rotation to achieve said setting position; and for each said object being loaded, prior to contact with the holding device: performing a preparation step comprising performing a location operation including generating an output signal representative of a relative angular position of the first and second locators; and performing an angular correction operation including carrying out said relative rotation according to said output signal, the loading of each said object onto the holding device leading to an angular setting of the first and second locators in a predetermined relative angular position, and the method further comprising an operation of rotation, in a determined angular position, of the coupling consisting of the object and the holding device fixedly attached to one another.