# US 10,871,386 B1 · Sensor mount > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,871,386 B1 - Document ID: US10871386B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/014,061 - Filed: 2018-06-21 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-21 - Applicants: Mark Buntain - Inventors: Mark Buntain - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10871386B1 ## CPC - G01D 11/245: {Housings for sensors} - G01D 11/30: Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments - B65G 21/2072: {Laterial guidance means} - B65G 43/08: Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed or discharged {(and controlling the discharging devices B65G47/42)} - G01B 5/0004: {Supports (G01B5/025 takes precedence)} - G06K 7/10792: {Special measures in relation to the object to be scanned} - B65G 2203/041: Camera - B65G 2203/042: Sensors - B65G 2203/044: Optical - B65G 2203/047: Switches - G06K 7/10722: {Photodetector array or CCD scanning} - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - G01B: MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS ## Abstract The present invention pertains to the art of sensing articles typically moving on a conveyor. An apparatus is disclosed, for the purpose of securely attaching a sensing device to a sub-structure such as a sidepan metal sheet that contains a hole through which the sensing/detection device passes its sensing beam. A primary novelty of the apparatus is that it enables secure mounting of various ‘through-hole’ devices without the need for attaching any additional bracketry and without creating obstructions to package movement. It is unique in that it utilizes the “through-hole” which is necessary to allow passage of the sensing beam through the side guards of the conveyor, with the below-surface attachment being made possible by means of a tapered, or ‘sloping’ surface that is created when the hole is made. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fitting for mounting a detection device on at least one side guard of a conveyer apparatus, and for detecting conveyance activity between said at least one side guard and a second, substantially parallel, side guard, comprising: a mounting surface connected with a said detection device; a primary element and a receiving element having matching beveled surfaces, said surfaces mating with respect to a first hole made in said at least one side barrier surface; a surface region, surrounding said first hole, securely fixed by said mating wherein said surface region surrounding said first hole comprises a receiving surface having a slope, said slope substantially equal to a slope of said beveled surfaces and wherein, said second surface is a second side guard of the conveyer; said primary and receiving elements comprise matching threads; said side guards are substantially vertical; said first hole is disposed along a line substantially perpendicular to said path; and the fitting further comprising, a second hole in said second surface mounting an emitter along said line. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fitting of claim 1 wherein an acoustic and/or electromagnetic beam emitted by said emitter is detected by said detection device, after traversing said path and making contact with at least a portion of said articles. ### Claim 3 A fitting for mounting a detection device on at least one side guard of a conveyer apparatus, and for detecting conveyance activity between said at least one side guard and a second, substantially parallel, guard, comprising: a threaded primary element and a threaded receiving element having matching beveled surfaces, said surfaces mating with respect to a first hole made in said at least one side guards; a surface region, surrounding said first hole, securely fixed by said mating; wherein said surface region surrounding said first hole comprises a receiving surface having a slope, said slope substantially equal to a slope of said beveled surfaces and the fitting further comprising: a second hole in said second side guard mounting an emitter along said line. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The fitting of claim 3 wherein said primary element further comprises an indentation fitted to engage a tightening tool. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The fitting of claim 3 wherein said mounting surface comprises a notch for fixing an attachment. ### Claim 6 The fitting of claim of 3 wherein said receiving element comprises a dove-tailed shape enabling secure attachment of a bracket. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The fitting of claim 6 wherein said bracket accommodates the attachment of an 18 mm angular adjusting cylindrical sensor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The fitting of claim 6 wherein said bracket accommodates the attachment of a spherical/gimbal mount. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The fitting of claim 3 wherein said threaded primary element and threaded receiving element are composed of machined aluminum. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The fitting of claim 3 wherein said detection device comprises a photo-sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The fitting of claim of claim 10 wherein said detection device is a bar code scanner, a color detector or a laser sensing devices. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The fitting of claim 3 wherein said detection device comprises a device selected from the list of: a proximity switch, a motion detector, a weighing device, a magnetic reader.