Automated warehouse provided with refrigerators

An automated warehouse comprising:

• a plurality of loading units, at least two of which are provided with respective refrigerators, each refrigerator comprising:
• a) a container having at least one compartment for containing articles,
• b) a cooling device for adjusting the temperature of said compartment;
• c) at least one movable closing element for opening/closing an entrance of said compartment;
• and
• d) a communication device for sending data and/or receiving command signals;
• a plurality of storage stations, each designed to house a respective loading unit;
• at least one picking/depositing station comprising a seat designed to house at least one loading unit accessible by a user, at least in certain operating conditions, to pick/deposit articles, wherein said picking/depositing station comprises a bulkhead, movable between a closed position and an open position, in which the user is respectively prevented from accessing and allowed to access said seat:
• a movement device to transfer the loading units between said storage stations and said seat,
• a control device separated from said refrigerators and configured to communicate remotely with the communication devices of said refrigerators, to receive data relative to the operation of each said refrigerator and/or to send command signals to operate each of said cooling devices:
• and
• an opening/closing assembly operated to automatically open and close said compartment, wherein said opening/closing assembly is arranged in said picking/depositing station and the opening/closing assembly comprises at least one gripping member, carried by said bulkhead and operated to grip/release said closing element when the bulkhead is arranged in the closed position.

An automated warehouse comprising:

• plurality of loading units, at least two of which are provided with respective refrigerators, each refrigerator comprising:
• a) a container for containing articles and a separating partition arranged in said container to form at least two distinct compartments;
• b) a cooling device for adjusting the temperature of said at least two distinct compartments, said cooling device being configured to cool said two distinct compartments at different temperatures from one another;
• c) at least one movable closing element for opening/closing an entrance of said compartment;
• and
• d) a communication device for sending data and/or receiving command signals;
• a plurality of storage stations, each designed to house a respective loading units
• at least one picking/depositing station comprising a seat designed to house at least one loading unit and which can be accessed by a user, at least in certain operating conditions, to pick/deposit articles;
• a movement device to transfer the loading units between said storage stations and said seat;
• and
• a control device separated from said refrigerator and configured to communicate remotely with the communication devices of said refrigerators, to receive data relative to the operation of each said refrigerator and/or to send command signals to operate each of said cooling devices.