Abstract: Blowing apparatus suspensible from one's shoulder is provided with a centrifugal fan, in which air is axially sucked and blown off. The fan has a rotor coupled with the output shaft of a prime mover and a casing common to the housing of the apparatus. The housing consists of front, mid and rear coverings, the rear covering being connected with the mid covering to surround the prime mover. The front covering is interiorly formed with fixed vanes similar to the rotary vanes on the rotor. The mid covering has radial stays supporting a central ring to which the casing of the prime mover is removably secured. The front covering is air-tightly connected to the mid covering to define an annular space, an axial entrance and an axial exit with the conical and cylindrical walls of the mid covering. The rotor is disposed and rotated in the space, in which air is centrifugally compressed along the rotary vanes in the rear side of the rotor to peripherally transfer to the front side.

Abstract: Blowing apparatus suspensible from one's shoulder is provided with an axial blower having the rotor thereof coupled with the crankshaft of a gasoline engine. The stator blades of the blower are removably fixed peripherally to the housing of blower and partially to the casing of the engine. The engine does not require a cooling fan because it is sufficiently cooled by the suction-air flowing around. Further an independent fuel tank is not required because of a hollow guide disposed in front of the rotor and serving as a fuel storage. The nozzle, flexible tube, and the discharge housing of the blower can be made of synthetic plastics in the form of a single annular body without any connecting means. Consequently, the apparatus of the present invention is remarkably light and compact.