Abstract: A device for holding a liquid or pasty mass that can be dispensed from an insertable container by a dispensing device that is part of a first assembly that can be connected with a second assembly that is vertically below the first assembly in an axial direction and has a lower housing part that accommodates the insertable container. First connecting elements allocated to the first assembly are tethered with second connecting elements allocated to the second assembly. The connection that connects the first connecting element carrier with the second connecting element carrier is more easily undone than the positive or latched connection generated during a joining step, which was used to connect the first assembly with the second assembly with an axial force in the vertical direction. The connecting elements have latching teeth that run axially relative to the assembly direction in which the joining step takes place, and mesh into each other in the joining process.