Patent ID: 7279688

Claim:
An arson and forensic scanner and hydrocarbon gas detector apparatus, comprising: a rear section including a screw off cap for inserting a power supply for supplying power to the apparatus; a front section including a flashlight head with a captive hood for capturing gas or volatiles and having a removable circular illumination section including at least thirty-two LEDs for influencing hydrocarbons to fluoresce; a hydrocarbon sensor for detecting trace amounts of accelerants and mounted in a center of the circular illumination section; a middle section including a hydrocarbon sensitivity control switch, the sensitivity control switch being dial controlled and adjustable over a specific range with viewable graduations, for activating the arson and forensic scanner and hydrocarbon detector, and the hydrocarbon sensitivity switch electrically connected to the hydrocarbon sensor, and a viewable tip bar indicator positioned above the viewable graduations, the viewable tip bar indicator for indicating the thirty-two LEDs are active, the hydrocarbon sensor is ready, and the power supply is low; a light button, positioned on one side of the sensitivity control switch, for operating the thirty-two LEDs; and an electronic purge button, positioned on the other side of the sensitivity control switch, for purging the hydrocarbon sensor after exposure to hydrocarbon gas.