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Note 2 - Acquisition (Details) (USD $)					0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Note 2 - Acquisition (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Sep. 04, 2014 Trademarks [Member] MPE Aeroengines Inc. [Member]	Jun. 20, 2014 Trademarks [Member] Ultrafryer Systems, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 04, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member] MPE Aeroengines Inc. [Member]	Jun. 20, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member] Ultrafryer Systems, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 20, 2014 Other Intangible Assets [Member] Ultrafryer Systems, Inc. [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 20, 2014 Other Intangible Assets [Member] Ultrafryer Systems, Inc. [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 20, 2014 Other Intangible Assets [Member] Ultrafryer Systems, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 04, 2014 MPE Aeroengines Inc. [Member]	Jun. 20, 2014 Ultrafryer Systems, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Ultrafryer Systems, Inc. [Member]
Note 2 - Acquisition (Details) [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross										$ 55,000,000	$ 23,000,000	$ 22,986,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired										100.00%	100.00%
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill										10,600,000	7,600,000	7,612,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles					9,100,000	4,900,000			300,000
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life					15 years	15 years	3 years	5 years
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets			1,500,000	2,400,000
Goodwill	$ 156,278,000	$ 125,965,000								$ 32,800,000	$ 11,000,000	$ 11,021,000