The invention relates to a device (100) for making available sample carriers (200-n). It consists mainly of a tube (110) with a receiving chamber (112) for receiving a plurality of the sample carriers, wherein the receiving chamber is delimited, at its front end, by a holding means (120) for individualized release of the sample carriers and, at its rear end, by a plunger (130) for exerting a force (F) on the sample carriers. According to the invention, said holding means is elastic, in order to release or eject in each case only the frontmost or lowermost sample carrier (200-1) from the tube under the effect of the force (F) on the plunger (130). In order to prevent a plurality of sample carriers being released at the same time from the tube under the action of said force, a plurality of fins (140) are mounted on the plunger, which fins (140) are mutually offset in the circumferential direction (U) of the plunger (130). The offset arrangement of the fins has the effect that, under the action of the force (F), the plunger is pressed into the interior of the tube by in each case only a predefined ejection stroke a. The ejection stroke a is adapted to the length or the diameter of one of the sample carriers (200-n).
