Storage and dispensing station for a blister machine, comprising a storage container having a housing enclosing a receiving space having an internally circular-cylindrical portion and a bottom face having a central coupling opening, a separating device arranged in the internally circular-cylindrical portion of the housing having a plurality of channels extending vertically through the separating device and having a coupling device extending into the central coupling opening and having a lower coupling portion, a holding device having a holding means and an actuation means, wherein the holding device prevents rotation of the separating device in a blocking position and allows rotation of the separating device in a release position, and a dispensing station on which the storage container is releasably arranged having a rotary drive having a shaft and a hub seated on the shaft for force-transmitting interaction with the lower coupling portion, and an opening means for interaction with the actuation means of the holding device, wherein the lower coupling portion, the hub, the actuation means, and the opening means are set relative to one another in such a way that when arranging the storage container on the dispensing station prior to an effective interaction between the actuation means and the opening means, which causes the movement of the holding device into the release position, an effective interaction occurs between the lower coupling portion and the hub, and wherein the hub is rotatable in the de-energized state, characterized in that the opening means is designed as a recess in the dispensing station and the actuation means is designed as a corresponding vertical nose, in that the interaction between the hub and the lower coupling portion defines an effective coupling engagement depth and the interaction between the actuation means and the opening means defines an effective holding engagement depth, and in that the coupling engagement depth is greater than the holding engagement depth. a storage container having a housing enclosing a receiving space having an internally circular-cylindrical portion and a bottom face having a central coupling opening, a separating device arranged in the internally circular-cylindrical portion of the housing having a plurality of channels extending vertically through the separating device and having a coupling device extending into the central coupling opening and having a lower coupling portion, a holding device having a holding means and an actuation means, wherein the holding device prevents rotation of the separating device in a blocking position and allows rotation of the separating device in a release position, a housing enclosing a receiving space having an internally circular-cylindrical portion and a bottom face having a central coupling opening, a separating device arranged in the internally circular-cylindrical portion of the housing having a plurality of channels extending vertically through the separating device and having a coupling device extending into the central coupling opening and having a lower coupling portion, a holding device having a holding means and an actuation means, wherein the holding device prevents rotation of the separating device in a blocking position and allows rotation of the separating device in a release position, and a dispensing station on which the storage container is releasably arranged having a rotary drive having a shaft and a hub seated on the shaft for force-transmitting interaction with the lower coupling portion, and an opening means for interaction with the actuation means of the holding device, a rotary drive having a shaft and a hub seated on the shaft for force-transmitting interaction with the lower coupling portion, and an opening means for interaction with the actuation means of the holding device, wherein the lower coupling portion, the hub, the actuation means, and the opening means are set relative to one another in such a way that when arranging the storage container on the dispensing station prior to an effective interaction between the actuation means and the opening means, which causes the movement of the holding device into the release position, an effective interaction occurs between the lower coupling portion and the hub, and wherein the hub is rotatable in the de-energized state, characterized in that the opening means is designed as a recess in the dispensing station and the actuation means is designed as a corresponding vertical nose, in that the interaction between the hub and the lower coupling portion defines an effective coupling engagement depth and the interaction between the actuation means and the opening means defines an effective holding engagement depth, and in that the coupling engagement depth is greater than the holding engagement depth.