Selective access device for a picking/depositing station in a warehouse, and picking/depositing station provided with such selective access device

A picking/depositing station of an automated warehouse, the station comprising:

• a housing having dimensions so as to house at least one loading unit for picking articles from said loading unit and/or for depositing articles in said loading unit, and
• a selective access device, arranged above said housing to allow/prevent an access to said loading unit from above, said selective access device defining an access area and comprising:
• a) a first cover engaging said access area and defined by a pair of movable plane surfaces, which are parallel or coplanar to one another and are slidable along a first rectilinear axis (D) and are adapted to define a first opening in said access area;
• b) movement means controlled so as to move said movable plane surfaces along said first rectilinear axis (D);
• and
• c) a second cover engaging said access area, arranged above said first cover and configurable so as to open/close, in said access area, a second opening aligned with said first opening;
• said second cover being defined by a plurality of doors, each rotating about a relative rotation axis (E) in respect to said first cover to define said second opening;
• said doors being arranged side-by-side along a second rectilinear axis (A), orthogonal to said first rectilinear axis (D);
• said selective access device comprising, for each said door, a relative lock for keeping said door closed;
• wherein said movable plane surfaces can slide in opposite directions to open and close said first opening, and in that said rotation axes (E) are parallel to said second rectilinear axis (A);
• wherein one of said first and second rectilinear axes (D A) is horizontal, and the other of said first and second rectilinear axes (D,A) is tilted or tiltable in respect to a horizontal direction;
• and further comprising movement means for tilting said loading unit in said housing.