Glosing coals burner attachment for gas log fireplace fixture

Claim 1

In a gas log assembly, in combination: a burner comprising a tube having a gas-emitting orifice; a pan for holding a gas-diffuser bed of loose, noncombustible particles covering said burner tube and dispersing the gas jet issuing from said orifice for burning at thE surface of said body; said pan having a bottom for resting flatly on a hearth in a horizontal plane and its front being completely open so that said bed can extend beyond its front margin and rest directly on the hearth so as to conceal said front margin; said pan having an upstanding back to contain the rear portion of said bed and having generally triangular ends with free margins sloping downwardly and forwardly from the upper margin of said back to the plane of said bottom at the forward margin thereof, said sloping margins functioning as guides to determine a slope for the forward surface of said gas-diffuser bed, said burner being disposed above said bottom and closely adjacent thereto intermediate its forward margin and said back; said pan being attached to said burner in fixed relation thereto; a grate disposed above said burner when resting on said hearth; and means for loosely coupling said grate to said pan to position the grate with reference to the pan and burner while allowing the grate to be freely lifted off the burner and pan assembly.