Louis Anthony Costa

20130022425, Jan 24, 2013

Jul 20, 2012

13/554112

David Fleet Ashton - Riverside RI, US
Louis Steven Costa - Bristol RI, US
Christopher Allan Ryding - Taunton MA, US
Anthony David Oliver - Riverside RI, US

GRIPNAIL CORPORATION - East Providence RI

F16B 15/08
B21G 5/00
F16B 1/00

411 822, 411443, 470 7

Hanger strips for securing insulation material to a surface of a structure formed of sheet metal material including a plurality of bases which are connected by one or more breakable tabs integrally formed between each pair of adjacent bases and wherein first open slots extend from each of the breakable tabs toward opposite side edges of the bases and wherein a shank extends from each of the bases in a common direction and wherein pluralities of strips are oriented in first and second assemblies of rows of strips having their shanks opposing one another and their bases overlapping one another such that tips of the shanks are safely enclosed between the bases of the opposing assemblies and seated within the first open slots.

20180099361, Apr 12, 2018

Oct 6, 2017

15/727230

- East Providence RI, US
Louis Steven COSTA - Bristol RI, US
Christopher Allan RYDING - Taunton MA, US
Anthony David OLIVER - Riverside RI, US

Gripnail Corporation - East Providence RI

B23K 37/02
B23K 11/00

Apparatus and methods for fastening insulation to a metal panel are disclosed. One apparatus includes a frame; a capacitor discharge welder; a panel support bar, preferably being non-marring of a metal panel; a hopper for receiving weld pins and the weld pins; PLC controls; and a grounding clamp. Another apparatus includes a weld table, a weld pin hopper, a weld head, a welder power supply, a carriage for the weld head, a motor for moving the weld head on the carriage and a motor for moving the carriage the length of the weld table.