Patent ID: 6602068
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
A burner assembly for burning a fuel gas from a gas source, comprising:a burner pan with a fuel gas inlet aperture therein; a spacer extending away from the burner pan; and a burner body having upper and lower portions, the lower portion of the burner body extending at least partially into the burner pan, the lower portion of the burner body being sealably connected to the spacer and being supported apart from the burner pan by the spacer forming an interior gas distribution chamber between the burner pan and the burner body, the interior gas distribution chamber positioned to receive a flow of fuel gas therein from the fuel gas inlet aperture, the upper portion of the burner body having a contoured surface forming simulated coal members, the upper portion of the burner body having a plurality of gas distribution apertures extending from the interior gas distribution chamber to the contoured surface, the plurality of gas distribution apertures being positioned to direct a flow of the fuel gas from the interior gas distribution chamber to the contoured surface for ignition, the burner body being constructed of a material that glows at selected color variations in the simulated coal members to simulate a burning and glowing coal ember bed in the base of a fire when the fuel gas is ignited adjacent to the contoured surface.