Burner assembly for a gas-burning fireplace

A burner assembly for burning a fuel gas from a gas source, comprising:

• a burner pan with a fuel gas inlet aperture therein, the burner pan having a base;
• a spacer extending away from the base of the burner pan;
• a burner body having upper and lower portions, the burner body being coupled to the spacer with the lower portion of the burner body being spaced apart from the base of the burner pan by the spacer to form an interior gas distribution chamber therebetween and positioned in fluid communication with the fuel gas inlet aperture to receive a flow of fuel gas from the gas source, the lower portion of the burner body having a substantially flat undersurface portion extending away from the spacer generally parallel to the base of the burner pan, the lower portion having a recessed underportion spaced apart from the burner pan's base and recessed from the burner body's flat undersurface portion, the recessed underportion defining a portion of the gas distribution chamber, the upper portion of the burner body having a contoured surface forming simulated coal members, the burner body having a plurality of gas distribution apertures extending therethrough from the lower portion to the contoured surface of the upper portion, the plurality of gas distribution apertures being positioned to direct a flow of the fuel gas to the contoured surface of the upper portion of the burner body 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.

A burner assembly for burning a fuel gas from a gas source, comprising:

• a burner pan with a base having a fuel gas inlet aperture therein;
• a distribution fence sealably coupled at a bottom portion to the base of the burner pan, the distribution fence projecting away from the base;
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• a burner body having upper and lower portions, the burner body being spaced apart from the burner pan integrally forming an interior gas distribution chamber therebetween, the interior gas distribution chamber having a plurality of chamber portions being positioned to receive a flow of the fuel gas therein from at least one fuel gas inlet aperture, the lower portion of the burner body sealably connected to the distribution fence, the upper portion of the burner body having a contoured surface with a plurality of peaks and valleys the burner body having a plurality of gas distribution apertures extending therethrough from the lower portion to the contoured surface of the upper portion, the plurality of gas distribution apertures being positioned to direct a flow of the fuel gas to the contoured surface of the upper portion of the burner body for ignition, the burner body being constructed of a non-metallic material that glows at selected color variations when the fuel gas is ignited adjacent to the contoured surface.