Method and device for filling an edge joint of an insulating glass element with a sealing compound

A method for filling an edge joint of an insulating glass element with a sealing compound, comprising:

• expelling the sealing compound as a bead from at least one nozzle, moving relative to the insulating glass element, into the edge joint to form there a contiguous sealing compound bead extending around the circumference of the insulating glass element, wherein forming the sealing compound bead comprises:
• forming the sealing compound bead discontinuously from several segments connected at connections of segments by forming at least one first segment by the relative movement in a first circumferential direction of the insulating glass element and forming at least one second segment by the relative movement in a second circumferential direction which is opposite to the first circumferential direction;
• forming each connection of segments of the sealing compound bead that is situated on a longitudinal side section not adjacent to a corner region of the circumference of the insulating glass element such that a strand of the sealing compound is applied in a region of an end of a sealing compound bead already situated in the edge joint and is formed by the relative movement away from said end of the sealing compound bead already situated in the edge joint;
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• situating each connection of segments of the sealing compound bead that is formed such that the strand of the sealing compound is introduced by the relative movement towards the end of a sealing compound bead already situated in the edge joint, in a corner region of two adjacent longitudinal side sections of the insulating glass element.