A discharge device for liquid, pasty or pulverulent media, having - a housing with a first housing portion and a second housing portion, which are displaceable in relation to one another for actuating purposes, - a discharge opening for discharging the medium, and - a reservoir for storing the medium prior to being discharged, wherein - a manual displacement movement of the housing portions (20, 30) in relation to one another can cause medium to be delivered from the reservoir to the discharge opening, - the discharge device has an electric load, - the discharge device has an electromagnetic generator, by means of which the mechanical energy introduced upon actuation is converted into electrical energy for supplying the electric load, and - the electromagnetic generator has a component which comprises a magnet and a component which comprises a conductor connected to the electric load, wherein one of the components is provided at a fixed location in relation to one of the housing portions and one of the components is provided such that it can be moved in relation to the fixed-location component, characterized by a spring energy store with a stressing member, which can be moved in relation to a second housing portion, and a spring, which acts between the second housing portion and the stressing member, wherein the stressing member - is designed to be coupled to the first housing portion during the displacement movement, and therefore the spring is subjected to stressing, - in the stressed state of the spring, can be uncoupled from the first housing portion, and this therefore allows the spring to be relieved of stressing, and - while the spring is being relieved of stressing, is operatively coupled to the movable component of the generator at least in certain phases, and therefore the movement of the stressing member causes the movable component to move. - a housing with a first housing portion and a second housing portion, which are displaceable in relation to one another for actuating purposes, - a discharge opening for discharging the medium, and - a reservoir for storing the medium prior to being discharged, - a manual displacement movement of the housing portions (20, 30) in relation to one another can cause medium to be delivered from the reservoir to the discharge opening, - the discharge device has an electric load, - the discharge device has an electromagnetic generator, by means of which the mechanical energy introduced upon actuation is converted into electrical energy for supplying the electric load, and - the electromagnetic generator has a component which comprises a magnet and a component which comprises a conductor connected to the electric load, wherein one of the components is provided at a fixed location in relation to one of the housing portions and one of the components is provided such that it can be moved in relation to the fixed-location component, - is designed to be coupled to the first housing portion during the displacement movement, and therefore the spring is subjected to stressing, - in the stressed state of the spring, can be uncoupled from the first housing portion, and this therefore allows the spring to be relieved of stressing, and - while the spring is being relieved of stressing, is operatively coupled to the movable component of the generator at least in certain phases, and therefore the movement of the stressing member causes the movable component to move.