Abstract: A burner pad for use in a gas burner in a gas fireplace includes a plurality of noncombustible fibers held together by fillers and binders to form a noncombustible body having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The body has a porosity that allows gas to pass therethrough in a substantially random manner. The body is also dimensionally stable. The burner pad may be used to form a gas burner having a burner pan having an open top with the porous burner pad enclosing the burner pan by covering said open top of said burner pan to define a gas distribution chamber between said pad and said burner pan. Gas is supplied to the gas distribution chamber and allowed to randomly seep through the pad where it may be ignited to form a low-profile, rolling flame that simulates the appearance of glowing embers in a wood-fueled fire.

Abstract: A gas log burner assembly produces a glowing effect by providing a cover wall over the heretofore open top of a usual burner pan. A gas supply pipe is buried within a non-combustible porous medium, such as sand, within a gas distribution chamber formed by the walls of the burner pan. The cover wall has a series of gas outlet holes arranged across the plate including an elongated slot at an upper rear edge thereof. An artificial log is mounted on the top and rear of the burner pan and extends along the elongated slot and has a rough textured concave front surface. The slot and holes in the top cover wall and the concave surface of the log control and direct the flow of gas from the supply pipe into a combustion area formed in front of the log to provide controlled combustion of the gas within and adjacent to the concave front surface of the log to provide a glowing effect to the rough textured surface thereof.