Patent ID: 8434470

Claim:
An adjustable burn apparatus for a fireplace for a liquid or gel-type fuel including: an elongate housing with an elongate top opening, the housing being adapted for insertion of a removable fuel container therein; the removable fuel container itself being elongate and having an elongate open top of a length approximating the length of the elongate housing; an elongate cover hinged to the housing along an upper edge thereof and over the elongate open top of the removable fuel container, the cover having a lower surface and defining an elongate flame opening and including a fixed, elongate shutter-stop member on the lower surface of the cover and two bars each having a first end being affixed to the shutter-stop member and a second end affixed to a lip portion of the cover, the shutter-stop functioning as a stiffener for the cover; and a shutter slidably secured at the lower surface of the cover and being in sliding engagement with the bars and movable along positions opening, controlling and closing the flame opening.