Patent ID: 7232497

Claim:
A method for filling a cavity ( 5 ) between two glass plates ( 1 , 2 ) of a fire-resisting and/or insulating composite glass, comprising the steps of: depositing a first encompassing bead of plastic spacer material ( 3 ) on one of the glass plates ( 1 ) along a margin region of an inner face and spaced apart from edge faces ( 8 ); placing the other one of glass plates ( 2 ) on the first bead ( 3 ) of spacer material; pressing the plates ( 1 , 2 ) and the first bead of spacer material together to a specific thickness to form a margin groove ( 7 ); filling the cavity ( 5 ) through at least one opening in the first bead ( 3 ) of spacer material with a filler material ( 6 ); and, closing the at least one opening, wherein, before the glass plates is placed on the bead of spacer material, at least one core element ( 9 ) is placed transversely over a portion of the first bead ( 3 ) of spacer material corresponding to the at least one opening, wherein, after pressing the plates to the desired thickness, a second encompassing bead of sealing material ( 4 ) is introduced into the margin groove between the glass plates, at least partially covering the at least one core element, wherein, before filling the cavity, each core element is pulled out of the first bead of spacer material and removed, severing the first bead ( 3 ) of spacer material on both sides of each core element, partially pulling outward regions ( 10 , 11 ) of the first bead of spacer material on both sides of each core element, and breaking through the second bead of sealing material to form a funnel-form opening, and wherein, after filling the cavity ( 5 ), the regions ( 10 , 11 ) on both sides of each opening pulled outwardly of the first bead ( 3 ) of spacer material are pressed inwardly with an entrainer stopper ( 17 ), and each broken-out region of the second bead ( 4 ) of sealing material is filled with a third bead of sealing material with the entrainer stopper ( 17 ) completely covered with the second and third beads of sealing material.