Patent ID: 7759608

Claim:
Slat for a laser beam cutting machine table, comprising: a. a trough which contains a plurality of spaced apart inserts arranged parallel or substantially parallel to one another, and: b. each insert in the trough takes the form of a folded thin sheet-metal plate which comprises: a first part having a free upper edge, a second oblique part for deflecting a laser beam having a direction of incidence perpendicular to a supporting plane at a distance from the supporting plane connected with the first part along a fold line which is distinct from the free upper edge and located at a distance from the free upper edge, the free upper edges of the first parts of the inserts defining the supporting plane for a product to be cut, and a third part on a plane parallel to said first part and oblique to said second oblique part and connected to said second part by a fold line; c. said first part of said sheet-metal plate having opposed main faces extending from said free upper edge substantially parallel to one another in a direction perpendicular to said supporting plane; and d. said second part of said sheet-metal plate being inclined by an oblique angle with respect to said direction perpendicular to said supporting plane.