Patent ID: 8821662

Claim:
A method for filling insulating glass with a gas other than air or with a gas mixture, comprising the steps of: inserting a spacer ( 5 ) between glass panes of a packer of at least two glass panes ( 3 , 4 ), the spacer ( 5 ) being inserted in at least one region of an edge of the packet of at least two glass panes ( 3 , 4 ); with a distance means ( 13 , 31 , 33 , 35 ), making an open space ( 15 ) between the spacer and one of the glass panes ( 3 , 4 ) in a form of a gap-shaped opening; and performing a gas-filling process by carrying out an exchange of gas for air through the open space ( 15 ) to fill an interior space ( 7 ) between the glass panes with the gas, wherein the open space ( 15 ) formed by the distance means ( 13 , 31 , 33 , 35 ) remains open only during the gas-filling process.