typically at a crime scene a cartridge
casing is collected with gloved fingers
like this or like that and placed into a
coin envelope a paper envelope like this
or perhaps into a vial with cotton or a
little box with cotton in it but recent
research has demonstrated
that collecting a casing in that manner
will remove a significant portion
of the trace evidence on the exterior of
the casing in particular they touch dna
and this action inside the envelope
moving around or touching the cotton
removes even more of the touch dna
so in response to this i have developed
a new invention called a case collector
and the case collector is simply this
device here which is specially designed
to pick up cartridge casings from the
inside
by squeezing the tweezer together
and there you have it
now not only is it collected
in this manner safely and securely
then by placing the cover over it
snapping it on
now this can be transported and stored
very easily and very securely the piece
of tape can be put over here if it's
necessary and when it gets to the lab
the cover can be removed
and the head stamp can be
read the outside can be swabbed it can
be examined whatever needs to be done
without touching it and then the case
cover can be put over it once more and
for
for storage
and this
cartridge casing tool the case collector
will also pick up
45s
45 casings very easily
a 22
long rifle
you let it drop down squeeze it once
more now these blue objects are simply
cushions so your fingers
don't get imprinted into with the heavy
spring
once again you put the cover on
and it's ready to be transported or
stored
this can also handle rifle casings
here's a 762 by 39
sits down very well
okay cover goes over it
ready for transport
so this is a new invention