Sifter scale attachment for stand mixer

A food-product handling device, comprising:

• a housing defining an open upper side, a mount extending outwardly from the housing along a first axis, and a lower side opposite the upper side;
• at least one weight sensor operably supported on the housing over the upper side of the housing;
• a hopper defining a lower open end mountable over the housing with at least a portion of the lower open end bearing on the at least one weight sensor and with the lower open end in communication with the open upper side of the housing;
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• a chute extending from the lower side of the housing, the chute defining a conduit from an interior of the housing to a location external to the housing.

A food product handling device, comprising:

• a sifter-unit housing defining an open upper side, a lower side opposite the upper side, and a mount extending outwardly from the first housing along a first axis, the mount being configured to couple the device to a motor-driven mixing device and support the device on the motor-driven mixing device;
• a sifter basket having an interior aligned with and inset within the open upper side;
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• a sweeper crank unit mounted within the housing, having a first arm and a second arm, each generally following a contour of a cross-section of the sifter basket and being rotationally coupled with a fitting extending from the mount of the housing, the second arm being coupled with the first arm at the fitting, and the first and second arms extending angularly away from each other away from the fitting such that the sweeper crank unit traverses the sifter basket fully by way of an oscillatory movement of the sweeper crank, with each of the first arm and second arm traversing a portion of the sifter basket that is less than an entirety thereof with a single oscillation of the oscillatory movement.