Abstract: A panel hanger assembly for attaching soft panels of insulation material to a structural surface, such as the metal wall of a furnace, the hanger assembly including an elongated stud member having one end for welding to the furnace wall and being pointed at the other end, the stud member being of generally rectangular cross-sectional configuration and having spaced apart pairs of opposed notches formed in the cross-sectional end walls, and a clip having an aperture therein, the first portion of the aperture being dimensioned to freely slidably receive the stud member thereon and the other portion of the aperture being longitudinal and adapted for slidably receiving the stud member at a notched area, the outer surface of the clip being configured to resist reverse lateral displacement of the clip relative to the stud so that when the clip is positioned on the stud to retain insulation previously impaled thereon, the clip is not inadvertantly disengageable from the stud.

Abstract: An insulation supporting apparatus for use in attaching blankets of insulation to a surface, such as the wall of a high temperature furnace, including an elongated stud which can be attached at one end to the wall such as by welding or the use of a bolt, so that the stud extends perpendicularly from the wall, the stud having an elongated slot intersecting the plane of the stud longitudinal axis, and an elongated tine member slideably receivable in the slot in the stud so that the longitudinal axis of the tine extends substantially parallel the plane of the wall. The ends of the tine are pointed so that blankets of insulation can be impaled on the tine after which the stud and tines hold the insulation to th wall.