Conveyor sensor

A sensor device comprising:

• an elongate sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the elongate sleeve has a first end and a second end;
• a plurality of sensors fixed relative to the sleeve;
• a first endcap having an endcap body coupled to the first end;
• and
• an intermediate component coupled to the first endcap, wherein the intermediate component is selectively rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the endcap body, wherein the intermediate component is linearly translatable relative to the endcap body along the longitudinal axis between a first linear position defining a particular maximum linear distance between the endcap body and the intermediate component and a second linear position defining a minimum linear distance between the endcap body and the intermediate component, where the intermediate component is freely rotatable in the first linear position, and the intermediate component has a fixed orientation about the longitudinal axis in the second linear position, and wherein the first endcap comprises a first axle extending along the longitudinal axis, wherein the intermediate component is slidably and rotatably disposed on the first axle and the first axle has a retaining feature configured to retain the intermediate component on the first axle, and wherein in the first linear position the intermediate component abuts the retaining feature and in the second linear position the intermediate component abuts the endcap body.

A sensor device comprising:

• an elongate sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the elongate sleeve has a first end and a second end;
• a plurality of sensors fixed relative to the sleeve;
• a first endcap having an endcap body coupled to the first end;
• and
• an intermediate component coupled to the first endcap, wherein the intermediate component is selectively rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the endcap body, wherein the intermediate component is linearly translatable relative to the endcap body along the longitudinal axis between a first linear position defining a particular maximum linear distance between the endcap body and the intermediate component and a second linear position defining a minimum linear distance between the endcap body and the intermediate component, where the intermediate component is freely rotatable in the first linear position, and the intermediate component has a fixed orientation about the longitudinal axis in the second linear position, and wherein the intermediate component comprises a first axle extending along the longitudinal axis and the endcap body is slidably and rotatably disposed on the first axle, wherein the first axle has a retaining feature on a distal end configured to retain the endcap body on the first axle, and wherein in the first linear position the endcap body abuts the retaining feature and in the second linear position the intermediate component abuts the endcap body.

A sensor device comprising:

• an elongate sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the elongate sleeve has a first end and a second end;
• a plurality of sensors fixed relative to the sleeve;
• a first endcap having an endcap body coupled to the first end;
• and
• an intermediate component coupled to the first endcap, wherein the intermediate component is selectively rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the endcap body, wherein the intermediate component is linearly translatable relative to the endcap body along the longitudinal axis between a first linear position defining a particular maximum linear distance between the endcap body and the intermediate component and a second linear position defining a minimum linear distance between the endcap body and the intermediate component, where the intermediate component is freely rotatable in the first linear position, and the intermediate component has a fixed orientation about the longitudinal axis in the second linear position, and wherein the intermediate component and the first endcap mutually define an orientation locking structure that selectively engages when the intermediate component is in the second linear position and disengages in the first linear position, and wherein the orientation locking structure comprises:
• a first protrusion extending outward from the endcap body;
• and
• a series of protrusion receptacles defined by the intermediate component, wherein the first protrusion has a radial position relative to the longitudinal axis, and each of the protrusion receptacles in the series of protrusion receptacles are in circumferential alignment with the first protrusion to selectively receive the first protrusion.

A sensor device comprising:

• an elongate sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the elongate sleeve has a first end and a second end;
• a plurality of sensors fixed relative to the sleeve;
• a first endcap having an endcap body coupled to the first end;
• and
• an intermediate component coupled to the first endcap, wherein the intermediate component is selectively rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the endcap body, wherein the intermediate component is linearly translatable relative to the endcap body along the longitudinal axis between a first linear position defining a particular maximum linear distance between the endcap body and the intermediate component and a second linear position defining a minimum linear distance between the endcap body and the intermediate component, where the intermediate component is freely rotatable in the first linear position, and the intermediate component has a fixed orientation about the longitudinal axis in the second linear position, wherein the intermediate component and the first endcap mutually define an orientation locking structure that selectively engages when the intermediate component is in the second linear position and disengages in the first linear position, and
• wherein the orientation locking structure comprises:
• a first protrusion extending from the intermediate component;
• and
• a series of protrusion receptacles defined by the endcap body, wherein the first protrusion has a radial position relative the longitudinal axis, and each of the protrusion receptacles in the series of protrusion receptacles are in circumferential alignment with the first protrusion to selectively receive the first protrusion.

A sensor device comprising:

• an elongate sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the elongate sleeve has a first end and a second end;
• a plurality of sensors fixed relative to the sleeve;
• a first endcap having an endcap body coupled to the first end;
• an intermediate component coupled to the first endcap, wherein the intermediate component is selectively rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the endcap body, and
• an orientation locking structure configured to be engaged to selectively fix the orientation of the intermediate component in each of a plurality of fixed orientations about the longitudinal axis relative to the endcap body, wherein the orientation locking structure comprises:
• a first protrusion;
• a first protrusion receptacle defined by the intermediate component;
• and
• a second protrusion receptacle defined by the endcap body, wherein the first protrusion receptacle and the second protrusion receptacle are configured to mutually receive the first protrusion.