Goodwill And Intangible Assets (Schedule Of Changes In The Carrying Amount Of Goodwill) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012
Goodwill And Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Balance at December 31, 2011	$ 1,431,366,000	[1]
Acquisition adjustments	1,424,000
Foreign currency translation	9,370,000
Balance at March 31, 2012	1,442,160,000
Transfer of goodwill related to business units moving between segments	20,600,000
Fluid & Metering Technologies [Member]
Goodwill And Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Balance at December 31, 2011	541,640,000	[1]
Foreign currency translation	3,856,000
Balance at March 31, 2012	545,496,000
Health & Science Technologies [Member]
Goodwill And Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Balance at December 31, 2011	648,906,000	[1]
Acquisition adjustments	1,424,000
Foreign currency translation	1,511,000
Balance at March 31, 2012	651,841,000
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products [Member]
Goodwill And Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Balance at December 31, 2011	240,820,000	[1]
Foreign currency translation	4,003,000
Balance at March 31, 2012	$ 244,823,000

[1] Revised to reflect the movement of the Dispensing Equipment segment to the Fire & Safety/Diversified Products segment and the transfer of $20.6 million of goodwill related to the movement of our Trebor business unit within the Health & Science Technologies segment to the Fluid & Metering Technologies segment.