Patent ID: 7008492

Claim:
A method for the mechanical application of an elastoplastic strip as a spacer onto a glass pane which is intended for assembly with at least one further glass pane into an insulating glass unit, comprising: unwinding of the strip in a manner free from tensile stresses from a storage drum with a linear speed corresponding at least on an average to the application speed; and delivering the strip to an application point in a manner free from tensile and shearing stresses, wherein the strip is supplied by means of a first driven pair of rollers of a compensating section to deliver the strip to the application point in a manner free from tensile and shearing stresses and is supplied to the application point at its end by means of a second pair of driven rollers; a circumferential speed of the second pair of rollers is adjusted synchronously to an application speed; and the length of the strip in the compensating section between the first and second pair of rollers is determined and depending thereon the circumferential speed of the first pair of rollers is adjusted.