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To provide a station for providing access to a content within a storage container of an automatic storage and recovery system.SOLUTION: The station comprises: an access barrier including an opening and a plurality of covers and disposed to be selectively deployed such that each cover closes each part of the opening; a loading mechanism disposed to receive a storage container and move the same to the opening of the access barrier; and a housing capable of preventing access to the opening of the access barrier. The station is arranged to transfer between a loading structure in which access to the opening in the access barrier is prevented by the housing and an access structure in which the opening in the access barrier is presented to allow access to a content of the storage container through the opening, and by deploying a cover to close a predetermined part of the opening prior to an access structure transition, restricts or permits the access to the content of the storage container through a prescribed part of the opening.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

A product-dispensing device comprises a rod, a product-dispensing coil, an actuator, a locking gear, and a button. The rod is configured to support a product. The product-dispensing coil is disposed about the rod. The actuator is operably coupled to the product-dispensing coil for rotation about a first axis. The locking gear is rotatable between a first position and a second position and includes a locking arm configured to inhibit rotation of the actuator in the second position. The button is operably coupled to the locking gear and configured to rotate the locking gear between the first position and the second position.