Retirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 2015

Retirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Significant disclosures relating to benefit plans

Significant disclosures relating to these benefit plans for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2015 and 2014 follow:

	Pension Benefits
	Nine Months Ended						Three Months Ended
	October 3,2015			September 27,2014			October 3,2015			September 27,2014
Service cost	$	2,894,960		$	2,095,271		$	964,985		$	698,423
Interest cost		2,577,715			2,487,835			859,239			829,278
Expected return on plan assets		(3,863,742	)		(3,607,894	)		(1,287,914	)		(1,202,632	)
Amortization of prior service cost		163,940			163,940			54,647			54,647
Amortization of the net loss		1,418,182			708,098			472,726			236,033
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,191,055		$	1,847,250		$	1,063,683		$	615,749

	Postretirement Benefits
	Nine Months Ended						Three Months Ended
	October 3,2015			September 27,2014			October 3,2015			September 27,2014
Service cost	$	163,178		$	130,427		$	54,393		$	43,476
Interest cost		116,186			118,112			38,728			39,371
Expected return on plan assets		(68,952	)		(71,109	)		(22,984	)		(23,703	)
Amortization of prior service cost		(17,916	)		(17,917	)		(5,972	)		(5,972	)
Amortization of the net loss		14,103			--			4,701			--
Net periodic benefit cost	$	206,599		$	159,513		$	68,866		$	53,172