Patent ID: 7370662

Claim:
A universal cylinder valve and pressure reducer for use in a self-contained breathing apparatus, comprising; a cylinder valve that connects to a pressure vessel; a pressure reduction assembly; a first probe having a probe tip of a first length; a second probe having a probe tip of a second length, the second length being different from the first length; and an inlet/connector assembly, including: a probe tip receptacle adapted to receive the probe tip of the first probe at a first depth therein and to establish a fluid connection therewith, and further adapted to alternatively receive the probe tip of the second probe at a second depth therein and to establish a fluid connection therewith, and a connector adapted to retain the first probe at the first depth when the first probe is inserted in the probe tip receptacle, and adapted to alternatively retain the second probe at the second depth when the second probe is inserted in the probe tip receptacle.