1. A method of venting gas during fermentation comprising:
inserting into a hole in a wine cask a one piece valve, said valve compressing to frictionally fit into said hole such that a valve body extends into said hole and a flange extending from a rim of an open top end of said valve body seats on an exterior surface of said cask;
venting gas produced during fermentation by said valve, said gas moving from a cask interior to a cask exterior by moving up a channel on said valve body, said channel extending from an area on said valve inside said cask to an area on said valve where gas may move to said flange, said flange allowing release of said gas by said valve.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising a further step of removing said valve following fermentation and cleaning said valve.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of inserting includes limiting depth of insertion of said valve by inserting said valve to a depth defined by a flange shoulder, said flange shoulder disposed at the rim of said valve body.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A modular area wall comprising:
(a) a first area wall section having a first end and a second end;
(b) a second area wall section having a first end and a second end;
(c) wherein said second end of said first area wall section is coupled to said first end of said second area wall section; and
(d) a strengthening rib, wherein said strengthening rib is positioned closer to said second end of said first area wall section than to said first end of said first area wall section, and wherein said strengthening rib is positioned closer to said first end of said second area wall section than said second end of said second area wall section.
2. The modular area wall of claim 1, wherein said strengthening rib is coupled to said first end of said second area wall section.
3. The modular area wall of claim 2, wherein said strengthening rib comprises an arcuate plate.
4. The modular area wall of claim 1, wherein said first area wall comprises:
(a) a corrugated, arcuately curved first faceplate;
(b) a first attachment fin coupled to said first faceplate;
(c) a second attachment fin coupled to said first faceplate; and
wherein said second area wall comprises:
(a) a corrugated, arcuately curved second faceplate;
(b) a third attachment fin coupled to said faceplate;
(c) a fourth attachment fin coupled to said faceplate.
5. The modular area wall of claim 4, wherein a first portion of said first faceplate extends beyond said first attachment fin at least one inch.
6. The modular area wall of claim 4, wherein said second end of said first area wall section is coupled to said first end of said second area wall section in a mating engagement in which said second faceplate overlaps said first faceplate and in which said first attachment fin is substantially aligned with, but which does not overlap, said third attachment fin.
7. The modular area wall of claim 6, further comprising a fastener secured through said first faceplate and said second faceplate.
8. The modular area wall of claim 6, wherein said strengthening rib is coupled to said first end of said second faceplate.
9. The modular area wall of claim 8, further comprising a supplemental strengthening rib coupled to said first end of said first faceplate.
10. The modular area wall of claim 8, wherein said strengthening rib comprises a curved arcuate plate integrally formed with said first end of said second faceplate.
11. The modular area wall of claim 10, wherein said strengthening rib comprises a substantially hollow tube.
12. A modular area wall comprising:
(a) a first area wall comprising:
(1) a first curved faceplate comprising:
(i) a first face;
(ii) a second face;
(iii) a first end;
(iv) a second end;
(v) a third end; and
(vi) a fourth end.
(2) wherein said first curved faceplate defines a first plurality of corrugations;
(3) a first strengthening rib coupled to said first end of said first curved faceplate;
(4) a first lip coupled to said second end of said first curved faceplate;
(5) a first attachment fin coupled to said third end of said first curved faceplate;
(6) a second attachment fin coupled to said fourth end of said first curved faceplate;
(b) a second area wall section comprising:
(1) a second curved faceplate comprising:
(i) a first face;
(ii) a second face;
(iii) a first end;
(iv) a second end;
(v) a third end; and
(vi) a fourth end.
(2) wherein said second curved faceplate defines a second plurality of corrugations;
(3) a second strengthening rib coupled to said first end of said second curved faceplate;
(4) a second lip coupled to said second end of said second curved faceplate;
(5) a third attachment fin coupled to said third end of said second curved faceplate;
(6) a fourth attachment fin coupled to said fourth end of said second curved faceplate.
(c) means for securing a portion of said first plurality of corrugations in mating relationship with said second plurality of corrugations.
13. The modular area wall of claim 12, wherein said first attachment fin and said third attachment fin define an interstice therebetween, wherein said interstice is at least one tenth of an inch between said first attachment fin and said third attachment fin, and wherein said interstice is no greater than twenty inches between said first attachment fin and said third attachment fin.
14. The modular area wall of claim 12, wherein said second strengthening rib comprises a tube.
15. The modular area wall of claim 12, wherein said second strengthening rib is formed integral with said second curved faceplate and wherein said second strengthening rib overlaps at least a portion of said first curved faceplate.
16. The modular area wall of claim 12, further comprising:
(a) a third area wall section comprising:
(1) a third curved faceplate comprising:
(i) a first face;
(ii) a second face;
(iii) a first end;
(iv) a second end;
(v) a third end;
(vi) a fourth end.
(2) wherein said third curved faceplate defines a third plurality of corrugations;
(3) a third strengthening rib coupled to said first end of said third curved faceplate;
(4) a third lip coupled to said second end of said third curved faceplate;
(5) a first attachment fin coupled to said third end of said third curved faceplate;
(6) a second attachment fin coupled to said fourth end of said third curved faceplate; and
(b) means for securing a portion of said second plurality of corrugations in mating relationship with said third plurality of corrugations.
17. The modular area wall of claim 16, wherein said third strengthening rib is formed integral with said third curved faceplate and wherein said third strengthening rib overlaps at least a portion of said second curved faceplate.
18. A modular area wall comprising:
(a) a first area wall section;
(b) a second area wall section having a tubular lip;
(c) means for securing said tubular lip over at least a portion of said first area wall section.
19. The modular area wall of claim 18, wherein said first area wall section is corrugated and wherein said second area wall section is corrugated.
20. The modular area wall of claim 18, wherein said second area wall section is a curved plate defining a first plurality of corrugations and wherein said tubular lip is a curled portion of said curved plate.