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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012 Claims Cases	Apr. 30, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Restricted cash	$ 3,340,000	$ 3,334,000
Commitments and Contingencies (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Number of Product liability cases	16
Number of Other product liability claims	10
Reserves related to the land and building	2,100,000		1,500,000
Site remediation costs	2.4
Environmental reserve in non-current liabilities	577,000			577,000
Letter of Credit [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Restricted cash	2,500,000
Outstanding Letters of Credit	1,200,000
Environmental remediation [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Restricted cash	812,000
Minimum [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Compensatory damages sought	75,000
Maximum [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Compensatory damages sought	$ 1,400,000

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