Note 1 - Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2023	Oct. 31, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021
Cash, Uninsured Amount	$ 1,200,000	$ 0
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Total	0	0
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Shipping and Handling Costs	2,100,000	2,100,000	$ 1,900,000
Research and Development Expense	983,000	973,000	928,000
Advertising Expense	$ 191,000	$ 159,000	$ 81,000
Building [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	30 years
Building [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	39 years
Building Improvements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	3 years
Building Improvements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	15 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	3 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	15 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	3 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	15 years

Cost incurred during the reporting period in transporting goods and services to customers. Includes freight-out costs.

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Amount of short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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- Definition

The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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