Abstract: A culinary implement system for use with hard boiled eggs in the preparation, storage and handling of whole deviled eggs. The implement comprises a bifurcated cutter adapted for engaging the surface of a shelled hard boiled egg for cutting through to the egg yolk to facilitate its removal therefrom. In this manner a deviled egg can be made from a whole egg rather than the conventional half egg. A storage container is also provided for handling and serving a plurality of whole deviled eggs.

Abstract: A flower stem cutter unit includes a small decanter sufficient to cover the lower end of a flower stem projecting into the decanter. A guillotine blade unit is secured to a cover and projects into the decanter. A guide wall projects inwardly from a cover opening and terminates in a vertical fixed blade support wall having a flat cutting blade secured thereto. The wall and blade have an opening to receive the stem. The movable blade unit has a supporting stem extending through said cover and an integral vertical blade support abutting said fixed blade. A guillotine blade is fixed to the inner face of the vertical blade support to form the integrated unit. The blade and is secured in angular relationship to the fixed blade and moves progressively over the cutting edge of the fixed blade. A finger gripping tab projects outwardly from the movable blade support for periodic replacement of the movable blade unit.

Abstract: A device for storing and slicing foodstuff in the shape of an elongated bar has an elongated housing and a carrier assembly having an elongated and flat base member being slidably receivable within the housing. A cutting utensil housing is mounted on the top wall of the housing and defining an elongated cavity with an aperture. The carrier assembly includes a cover member perpendicularly mounted at one of said ends for cooperatively closing its opening and the apertures of the cutting utensils cavity when the carrier assembly is completely housed within the housing. A plurality of upwardly mounted post members along the lateral edges of the flat base member, by opposing pairs, so that a separation is maintained between adjoining post members to allow a cutting utensil through for cutting the slices form the bar. When the device is being opened, the cutting device is pulled out simultaneously by virtue of an inwardly extending hook member mounted on the cover of the carrier assembly.

Abstract: An assembly for breaking tablets is disclosed where a tablet is secured on a surface through the action of a crank working on two flanges and subsequently broken with pressure applied to a hammer which is contacted with the tablet.

Abstract: Single use supports comprising small, plastic three legged stools are known as aid in preventing the cover portions of pizza containers from collapsing onto the pizza being transported or stored in the container. These devices have only limited utility. Proposed herein is a combination serving utensil and container support. This device has a server portion sized and shaped to serve a typical serving slice of pizza, and an upstanding portion which has a vertical dimension which, when the server portion is placed between the pizza and the base portion of the container, approximates the height of the pizza container. The device also includes a handle portion preferably attached to the upper end of the upstanding portion. This handle portion extends substantially parallel to but offset from the server portion and has an upper surface which may include advertising indicia thereon.

Abstract: A device for affixing strings to a musical instrument includes a blade or blades for trimming excess string from the end of a string so that when a string mounting operation is performed by means of the device, the string is trimmed to a length that is appropriate for the instrument.

Abstract: A tool for cutting a ring while the ring is lodged on a finger. The tool comprises a housing upon which a pivot arm and a motor driven circular saw blade are mounted. The tool is put to use by placing one end of the pivot arm under the ring and applying thumb pressure to the opposite end of the pivot arm to draw the rotating blade toward the ring. The blade is mounted on a high-mass, heat-conductive drive shaft which acts to dissipate the heat produced by the cutting action of the tool. Electrical cut off means are provided to turn the drive motor off when the blade has cut through the ring.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device designed to catch food product peels for easy disposal when a food product is being peeled for consumption. The device includes a chamber defined by mesh which is supported by a frame supporting the mesh. The frame is mounted on a base having contained therein a cutting board which may be selectively slid out of the base or stored therein. The above described frame is foldable against the base allowing easy storage of the device.

Abstract: A hair cutting device for self use which comprises a comb member including a plurality of comb teeth which contain a plurality of saw-toothed members, a handle, an integral extension with an elliptical aperture, a razor member including a blade, and an engagement member for being adapted to operatively engage with the elliptical aperture, whereby when the handle is grasped, the blade slidably moves downward to cut hairs retained within the comb teeth and saw-toothed members.

Abstract: The cutting appliance of the present invention features a pivotally connected upper (3) and lower casing (2), each having a pair of parallel sidewalls which, in closed position, contact the sidewalls of the other casing and clamp a band, strip, or web (18) or surgical dressing or the like on each side of a desired cutting line, a cutter blade (12) extending longitudinally within the lower casing and having an edge (13) parallel to, but spaced below, the plane (X--X') of contact of the casing sidewalls, and a bifurcated cursor (11) slidable within the upper housing and having a pair of jaws (17, 17') which apply pressure to the clamped band (18) on each side of the blade edge (13), thereby forcing it below the contact plane, onto the cutter blade edge (13).

Abstract: An apparatus for dividing a pill into two portions (i.e., halves, quarters, etc.), such that one portion is immediately accessible and the second portion is captured for later use. The apparatus includes an anvil-like platform adapted to support a pill in a generally horizontal mode. A centering means is sized and oriented for positioning the pill on top of the platform in such a way that the pill is bisected by a cleavage plane, regardless of the size of the pill. The centering means preferably includes a pair of converging walls, with each wall lying in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the plane established by the platform. A gap between the convergent ends of the two walls lies in the cleavage plane, and the gap has a width which is just sufficient to receive a movable blade. The blade may be moved between two major positions, with one being a raised (or retracted) position and the other being a completely lowered position.

Abstract: A device for clipping fingernails, toenails and the like comprises lower and upper spring members carrying lower and upper cutting means. A reaction pin is rotatable on the spring members. A thumb bar is nonrotatably mounted to the pin about a first axis coinciding with an axis of the reaction pin to an from an operative position and is rotatable about a second axis normal to the first axis to urge the cutting means together in nail clipping engagement in the operative position. A receptacle for accumulating nail clippings is carried by the lower member and has an outlet. A plate mounted to the pin closes the outlet in the operative position of the thumb bar and automatically moves from its closed position upon rotation of the bar from its operative position to permit emptying of the receptacle of nail clippings.

Abstract: A tube cutting and separating implement for a conduit comprising a grasping body formed to insert the conduit therethrough and having a first section separable from a separating portion and a second section. The first and second sections respectively have first and second flow stopping portions for grasping the conduit to stop the flow and first and second holding portions for holding the flow stopping state. A cutter is disposed at the first or second section at a position displaced from the flow stopping portions for cutting the conduit. Thus, the implement can stop flow at two positions of the conduit by a simple operation and cut the conduit and separate the implement into two sections so as to allow a patient to simply and rapidly be released without loss of blood in case of an emergency.

Abstract: A pliers-type cutting hand tool utilizes a pair of elongated members pivotally connected adjacent their upper ends, the lower portions of said members form a pair of elongated handles. One of the members on its upper end is provided with a clamp, where an object may be secured, the other member carries a changeable saw blade, due to oscillating movement of which the cutting process is performed. The pivot connection of said members is capable of step-by-step movement towards the clamp, the constant engagement of the saw blade with the object being cut is thus provided.

Abstract: A combination slicing and storing device for food products in block form wherein the food product is caused to descend by gravity within a tubular member mounted on a base such that a portion of the food product projects through an opening in the base and is supported on a recessed food support provided on a slice holder plate. The slice holder plate is operatively associated with a trigger member mounted on the base, being adapted for sliding movement with respect to the base upon manual actuation of the trigger member by a user of the device. Actuation of the trigger member causes a cutting member on the slice holder plate to be drawn through the projecting portion of food so as to create a slice of food product of uniform thickness. The slice is allowed to fall away from the device and onto a serving dish or plate by virtue of the fact that the food support has moved out of position beneath the food product.

Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention addresses the unique problem of punching centrally located holes in stoma-wafers, and comprises a base portion fixed to a surface such as a table or the like, the base portion having a raised annular projection for placement of a stoma-wafer thereupon with the projection fittingly engaging into the hole of the stoma-wafer. The base portion further includes an upper arm member fixed to the base portion and extending to a point directly above the location of the raised projection. The fixed member has a vertically movable plunger element with an annular blade threadably attached to the lower end of it, the annular blade being of a size larger than the raised projection, so that movement of the blade downward would cut a hole in the wafer to the appropriate size of the blade as the stoma-wafer is centrally located on the projection.

Abstract: A device for cutting open a discharge nozzle on a capsule containing a plastic mastic has a pair of elongated levers pivotally connected together adjacent first ends of the levers so that the levers are pivotally movable between an open position and a cutting position. One lever mounts a cutter and the other lever has a support bore aligned with the cutter in the cutting position. In the open position a discharge nozzle is inserted through the support bore extending toward the one lever and then the levers are pressed at the second ends into the cutting position whereby the cutter at least partially severs the nozzle. If necessary, the cut can be completed by rotating the device about the previously cut part of the nozzle.

Abstract: A nail clipper having a pair of resilient elongated members in which the sides of the elongated members are enclosed by a flexible material that permits the elongated members to be moved together to clip the nail but simultaneously forms an enclosure which traps the nail clippings. The nail clippings may then be shaken out of the clipper through the space between the cutting edges.

Abstract: A hand-held wild-seed reaping apparatus and method having a motor mounted on a frame for driving a cutting mechanism which is surrounded by a containment box with an open front and rear end. A cutting collector attached to the open rear end of the containment box is provided to retain cut seed which has been selected by the user for harvesting and which is removably attached to the frame of the invention. As a result, users can harvest seed wherever walking is possible, even in steep, rocky or brushy territory. Further, they are enabled to be very selective in cutting, therefore harvesting only selected species and avoiding unwanted species.

Abstract: A pair of brackets is arranged side by side on a horizontal work surface so that a front flange of each extends down against a front edge of the work surface, and a rear flange of each projects upward. A large rectangular can to be opened is placed on its side on the brackets, with its bottom in engagement with the rear flanges. Side flanges on the brackets confine opposite sides of the can between them, and the top of the can is disposed at the front of the work surface. A T-handled, oblique bladed spear-like opener is then thrust piercingly longitudinally into the can through the top wall adjacent the rim. Preferably the width of the blade equals the width of the cut which needs to be made, so that four bayonet-like thrusts will neatly sever the lid from the can as a square of metal sheet. The task can be easily performed by one person, because the brackets by themselves hold the can at a convenient location for opening.

Abstract: A disposable double-clamp device for severing an umbilical cord while maintaining the severed ends thereof in a clamp. Two clamps are held together in a side-by-side relation by a shear pin. A cutting blade is located between the abutting clamps, its forward cutting motion being impeded by said shear pin. After the device is brought into a clamped position, further pressure is exerted upon the blade, which breaks the shear pin. A wedge on the blade provides outward lateral pressure to the two clamps, thereby stretching the umbilical conduit at the end of the cut as well as provide for clamp separation. The blade's cutting edge then easily cuts and severs the umbilical cord. Further downward pressure causes the wedge to separate both clamps, with the ends of each portion of the severed cord being clamped by one of the pair of clamps.

Abstract: A base structure of a motor saw forms fuel and oil tanks (16,17) and a crankcase bottom in one piece. This piece is injection moulded in plastics with closed tank cavities obtained by means of cores in the mould which are made of a metal having a melting temperature lower than the softening temperature of the plastic material. After moulding the cores are melted by heat treatment and the metal runs out through filling holes (18,19) of the tanks. Armouring pieces are moulded in the plastics to reinforce the attachments of crankshaft bearings and the guide bar.

Abstract: A pill cutter including a base member and a top member that is proportioned to receive therein the base member. The base member has therein a resilient pad which has a number of pill receiving pockets which are divided in half by a knife blade which is embedded within the resilient pad. The top member also contains a resilient pad. When the base and top members are pressed together, the pills in the pockets are pressed against the cutting edge of the cutting blades and are cut in half simultaneously. One end of the top member advantageously has its side walls formed in the shape of a scoop which can be used to dispense the pill halves into a container or the like.

Abstract: Cutting apparatus comprises a pair of elongated limbs extending in the same general direction and operatively connected to each other by connecting means which guide the limbs for movement towards and away from each other and simultaneously in a generally longitudinal direction relative to each other, one limb adapted to carry a cutting blade having a cutting edge directed towards a support surface provided on the other limb, the support surface and blade being adapted to cooperate upon relative movement of the limbs to provide a cutting action.

Abstract: A portable power tool such as a portable circular saw is provided with a sawdust collection system based on the generation of an air flow resulting from rotation of a rotary cutting blade, with this air flow being guided to transport sawdust resulting from cutting operations along a guide path through a first discharge aperture into a dust box in which the sawdust is precipitated, with a low-velocity air flow then passing out of the dust box through a second discharge aperture to be recirculated through the flow path. Extremely effective dust collection is attained with a simple configuration, while the dust box can be positioned such that the weight of accumulated sawdust therein does not significantly affect the balance or ease of operation of the portable power tool.

Abstract: A covered pitcher for form-filled flexible plastic bags is provided. The flexible plastic bag is normally filled with a potable liquid such as milk, but fruit juices or wine may also be possible. The pitcher has a bottom portion of dimensions so as to substantially accommodate the flexible plastic bag when filled and sealed. The cover fits the bottom in co-operating manner. An opening is formed in the front upper corner of the cover, and the opening has a cutter head mounted therein for upward and downward movement within the opening. The cutter head is associated with a pair of curved and rockable arms which have closer faces that are curved away from each other at least in the upper portions thereof, and are mounted so as to be in close proximity to each other in the lower portions and over a substantial portion of the length of each closer face when the cutter head is moved to the lower end of the opening. A cutting edge is carried by the cutter head.

Abstract: A suture fusing and cutting apparatus having a forcep type instrument with jaws including a cutting edge and a fusing surface. The jaws are heated or otherwise stimulated by energy to sever and fuse plastic suture material when the jaws are closed on the suture.

Abstract: After the removal of a burned out fluorescent lighting tube and its transport to a waste collecting locale, a hand held and hand operated tool is inserted in part over a tube end. Thereafter upon creating a squeezing force, via the lever action of this tool, a sharp pointed cutter is safely driven through the glass of the tube. A small vent hole is created, through which air passes until the outside and inside air pressures are the same. Thereafter, the tube is safely and progressively hit against the rim of a waste container to break the tube into small waste pieces, which drop into this container. In a preferred embodiment, two lever portions of a hand width length, are hinged at their leading ends, which are sized to fit over and partially down the end of the fluorescent lighting tube. A sharp pointed cutter is set back a short distance from the leading edge of one lever portion and positioned within an internally threadable upright embossment.

Abstract: An instrument for cutting, gripping or clamping includes a base arm with a fixed jaw at one end thereof, and a movable jaw pivotally attached to the arm adjacent the fixed jaw. Also included is a shank, one end of which is pivotally connected to the movable jaw, with the shank extending generally parallel to the arm over its full length. An elongated handle which overlies the shank includes a laterally extending section which is pivotally connected to the other end of the arm and to the other end of the shank. When the handle is pivoted toward the shank, the movable jaw is caused to pivot toward the fixed jaw, and when the handle is pivoted away from the shank, the movable jaw is caused to pivot away from the fixed jaw.

Abstract: A tape dispenser having a hollow body to receive a supply of medicated tape to be dispensed in predetermined lengths into the mouth of an animal, the tape dispenser is trigger operated and is provided with a barrel along which a delivery head moves, a predetermined length of tape is delivered into the barrel and severed from the supply by said delivery head, which predetermined length is then delivered into the mouth of the animal via the terminal end of the barrel.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for cutting a sheet using a hand-held knife. The apparatus includes a cutting table and a clamp having a gripping edge for holding the sheet against the cutting table. The clamp provides freely accessible lateral guides for locating the cutting blade close to the sheet-gripping edge and for orienting the cutting blade and the axis of the knife handle in a near-vertical plane.

Abstract: An improved weed cutting and extracting tool with a blade mounted on a shaft opposite a gripping end is described. The tool includes a flat retaining spring which with the blade grasps or pinches the weed after the weed is cut. In particular, the tool includes an improved ejection mechanism for positively removing the weed from the tool using a handle which slides along the shaft connected by means of a rod to an ejector plate slideably mounted on the blade to lift the retaining spring and eject the weed.

Abstract: A device for grasping and handling generally cylinder sector shaped articles such as pieces of cake or the like, comprises two blade parts (1, 2) and a grip (8, 9) located at one end of these blades. The two blade parts (1, 2) are pivotably connected with each other by means of a hinge (4) located at that end of the blade parts which is opposite to the grip (8, 9).

Abstract: A hand carried, hand operated portable apparatus for destroying hypodermic needles is disclosed herein comprising a housing having a lever arm pivotably mounted on the housing engaging a shearing blade which travels through an internal channel through the top of the housing. A removable container having a longitudinal groove formed by inwardly disposed wall members is press fitted into the housing. A needle from a hypodermic syringe is placed in the longitudinal groove and pressed into the interior of the container in such a manner that the needle remains inside the container after it is cut from the hypodermic syringe.

Abstract: In a motor-driven cutter for the cutting open of plaster casts with a motor housing, a fixed center blade and two oscillatingly motor-driven blades disposed either side of the fixed blade and both interacting with said fixed blade and moving the cutter forward along the cut, in order to prevent unitentional contacting of the blades, it is proposed that a cover hood be displaceably mounted on the motor housing and be displaced by a flexible force storage means into a position covering the three blades whereby the cover hood exhibits glide-on surfaces which, as the cutter is pushed forward, glide on the plaster, thereby displacing the cover hood against the action of the flexible force storage means into a position exposing the blades.

Abstract: The squeegee blade trimmer of the present invention includes a pair of back to back C-channels having mounted along one side thereof a pair of shear bars, along with a pair of parallel extending tracks. The C-channels are hinged together on their opposite side and a press clamp mechanism is provided for selectively drawing the channels together. A blade holder is provided with a pair of runners for running along the tracks such that a worn, flexible squeegee blade may be placed between the shear bars and the blade holder run along the tracks causing a laterally extending blade edge to sever a worn edge of the squeegee blade from the body of the squeegee thus leaving a fresh, clean straight edge.

Abstract: The device includes a rigid frame for receiving and holding a non-rigid container adapted to the shape of the container; this removable frame is in combination with a cutter for clipping the container spout when it is unfolded; the cutting means is also used after the cutting operation to insure temporary sealing of the spout between liquid pouring operations.

Abstract: A hole cutter for plastic tubing comprising a pair of opposed members pivotally joined at one end thereof, means between said opposed members for limiting their separation in open position, recesses within the opposed members for gripping a tube and a hollow cylindrical blade rotatably mounted on one of the opposed members, adapted upon rotation to cut a hole in a tube gripped in the cutter.

Abstract: A hand tool for cleaving optical fibers including an elongated body having a longitudinal axis extending lengthwise thereof. A fiber support surface is attached to the body and extends in a plane which is transverse to such longitudinal axis. Fiber clamping means are provided which are pivotally attached to the body for clamping or holding the optical fiber in place upon the fiber support surface and for subjecting the optical fiber to tension. Cutting means are also attached to the body and are moveable in the general direction of such longitudinal axis towards the fiber support surface for severing such optical fiber such that the end face of the fiber is smooth and lies in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the fiber.

Abstract: A nail clipper having two relatively movable jaw members with mating cutting edges and a jaw-operating cam lever in combination with a receptacle, having top, bottom and side members, for catching and retaining the nail clippings as they are sheared from the user's fingernail. The receptacle has an opening therein for receiving the nail clipper so that the cutting edges of the jaw members are within the opening of the receptacle. The bottom member of the receptacle includes a concave arcuate edge adjacent the opening of the receptacle and the clipper is securely positioned in the receptacle by a wedging block and a rivet extending through the clipper, the wedging block and the top and bottom members of the receptacle.

Abstract: An oscillating tool, particularly a cast cutter (40) having a support housing (46) with a cutting blade (70) interconnected to the housing (46) proximate one end thereof for oscillatory rotational movement about an axis (56) is disclosed. A torsion shaft (54) is fixedly interconnected at a first end (102) to the housing (46) so as to prevent rotational oscillation at the first end of the torsion shaft (54). The torsion shaft (54) further has a free second end (100) enabling oscillatory rotational movement of the second end (100) generally about the axis (56) of the cast cutter blade (70). A hollow tubular rotor support member (58) substantially more rigid than the torsion shaft (54) is attached to the torsion shaft (54) proximate the second free end (100) of the torsion shaft (54).

Abstract: A combined storing and slicing device is provided with a rectangular box-like container having one open shorter side through which a stick of butter or the like is received. A cutting line is held in a taut condition and is mounted for movement between a first rest position at the top of the open side and a second position at the bottom of the open side while traversing the open side. A cover is provided for the open side which retains the line in the second position when the cover is over the open side.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a tool for cutting wires that have portions embedded in a connector block, the tool comprising an elongated hollow housing in which a plunger is reciprocatingly mounted; the housing includes an anvil at one end thereof which is so shaped as to receive thereon the connector block from which extends one or more wires to be cut; the extremity of the plunger has a wedge-shaped cutting end which may be forced into the connector in the area of a wire so as to effect a cutting of the wire leaving the cut extremity of the wire recessed with respect to the sidewall of the block.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for harvesting a ground crop having a stalk such as asparagus. The apparatus includes a flat blade having a holding slot for the stalks being cut located above the cutting edge. The stalks may be held in a queue in the slot until such time as a sufficient collection of stalks has accumulated for unloading. The apparatus is designed as a hand tool which may be used in such a manner to avoid bending over while harvesting the stalks.

Abstract: The chiseling or trimming machine serves primarily to deburr welding seams from frames welded together of profiled plastic parts, such as are used for facades, doors and windows. The machine has a bearing surface on which the workpiece to be machined is placed against a stop angle and held firmly by means of holder cylinders. Furthermore the machine has a workpiece carrier displaceable with a transport device, and the tool holder supporting the chiseling or trimming die is supported on the tool carrier such that it yields in the upward direction in response to pressure. The bench machine is embodied as a hand-operated machine such that the bearing surfaces as well as at least one handle are disposed on an upper crosspiece of the tool carrier with its transport device, and that this crosspiece is connected by means of two rods with a lower crosspiece disposed parallel to the upper bearing surface.

Abstract: An improved portable circular saw with a pair of semicircular discs having a rotary sawing cutter disposed therebetween, the semicircular discs being fixedly secured to the upper surface of a table and vertically extending along the rotary sawing cutter with a close clearance kept therefrom, whereby remarkably high noise reduction and dust collection are ensured with substantially reduced danger of or without any danger of injuring of a part of a human body. According to another aspect of the invention a dust collecting device is provided having a dust collecting hood arranged above the upper half of the rotary sawing cutter, an inner wall included in the dust collecting hood to surround the central part of the rotary sawing cutter and a bottom plate on the table. A pair of semicircular plates may be fixedly secured onto the longer sides of the inner wall vertically extend along the rotary sawing cutter in the same manner as the aforesaid semicircular discs.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method of forming a terminal for an optical fiber cable consisting of an optical fiber, a plastic buffer and at least a protective sheath. Also there is disclosed a tool for scribing the projecting end of the optical fiber so that the projecting end can be simply separated from the cable and the line of separation will be normal to the end of the terminal or connector. In a preferred embodiment the scribing tool has an equilateral triangular scribing element which selectively presents six active scribing surfaces.

Abstract: A tool for cutting and removing a nut from a threaded shank member extending beyond the nut, a particular application being to remove from the depending end portion of the shank of a faucet the nut securing the faucet to a sink. A body is formed with a pair of substantially parallel bores, one of which is threaded along its entire length for attachment to the shank. One portion of the other bore is threaded to receive a bolt, the remaining portion of the other bore is smooth walled to receive a plunger which has a chisel edge at its end nearest the nut. The bolt engages the chisel edge to drive it between an inoperative position and an operative position engaged with the nut at which point continued advancement of the bolt results in breaking and removal of the nut.

Abstract: A kitchen utensil for cutting foodstuffs such as vegetables or fruit into strips and particularly to a blade member therefor, the blade member comprising a strip of material such as metal which is integral with a plurality of spaced substantially vertical cutting blades which project from the plane of the strip, the strip being embedded in a guide plate, over which the foodstuff is moved during cutting, so that the blade member is securely held, the vertical blades projecting above the guide plate. The strip has cuts in one longitudinal edge and the metal between the cuts is bent up to form the vertical blades.

Abstract: An improved utensil for cutting pizza or the like is disclosed having a sharpened cutting wheel and a planar blade with a sharpened edge, the edges of both the wheel and blade are aligned so that the cutting paths traversed by each coincide. The pizza crust edges and the pizza body can then be cut respectively by the blade and cutter wheel in one cutting stroke across the pizza. The blade end further includes angled corners for completely separating the pizza at the pan corners. The planar blade is of sufficient width to hold a piece of pizza thereon for serving, and includes a serrated cutting edge to aid in inserting the blade between the pizza and the pan.