Dispenser comprising one or more protruding members extending into spacer storage compartment

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a vacuum insulating glass unit (). The method comprises providing a first glass sheet () and dispensing a plurality of spacers () comprising predefined, pre-shaped contact surfaces () on a major surface () of the provided glass sheet () by means of at least one dispenser () of a spacer dispensing system (). The dispenser () comprises a housing () comprising a guidance space () placed between a first housing surface () of an upper part () of the housing () and a second housing surface () of a bottom part () of the housing (), wherein the upper part () of the housing () comprises a spacer storage compartment () comprising a plurality of said spacers () which are randomly orientated in the spacer storage compartment (). A collection sheet () provides a bottom part of the spacer storage compartment (). At least one protruding member () extends into the spacer storage compartment () with a distance (P_DIS) to the collection sheet () so that an intermediate space () is provided between the collection sheet () and the protruding member (). The dispensing of spacers () comprises providing a first relative movement between the collection sheet () and the housing () so as to collect a spacer () from the spacer storage compartment (), and providing a further, relative movement between the collection sheet () and the housing () so as to deliver the collected spacer () to a spacer outlet (). A collection hole () passes at least a part of the intermediate space () during the first relative movement before entering the guidance space ().