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Note 5 - Product Warranties

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Product Warranty Disclosure [Text Block]

(5) Product Warranties

As of January 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the Company’s accrual for estimated product warranty claims totaled $105,000 and $100,000, respectively, and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses. Warranty claims expense for the three months ended January 31, 2015 and 2014 totaled $39,079 and $20,539, respectively.

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s accrual for product warranties during the three months ended January 31, 2015 and 2014:

		Three Months Ended
		January 31,
		2015				2014
Balance at beginning of period		$	100,000			$	190,000
Liabilities accrued for warranties issued during the period			86,639				104,777
Warranty claims and costs paid during the period			(34,079	)			(50,539	)
Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties during the period			(47,560	)			(84,238	)
Balance at end of period		$	105,000			$	160,000

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The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 8

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249

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