An artificial firelog and firestarter chip producing apparatus comprising
a cutting assembly, a compression conveyor auger assembly and a die. The
apparatus converts standard waxed corrugated cardboard boxes into
artificial firelogs by first slicing cardboard sheets into cardboard
strips, then chopping the cardboard strips into cardboard segments in the
cutting assembly. The cardboard segments are horizontally disposed
between the rifling and compressed in the compression conveyor auger
assembly and extruded in the die to form generally horizontally disposed,
circular, longitudinally-shaped sections of a firelog. Firestarter chips
are fabricated by the cutting assembly, which slices waxed cardboard
sheets in conjunction with paper sheets into waxed cardboard and paper
strips, then chopping the waxed cardboard strips into waxed cardboard
segments and the paper strips into paper segments and waxed cardboard
segments mix.