<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate a defect that a conventional shouldering type blower is not good in operability since the total weight of an engine and a blower body is large. ??<P>SOLUTION: The blower is composed of the engine 7 installed in a shouldering member, the blower main machine 4 having a gripping part, and a flexible shaft having one end connected to an output shaft of the engine and having the other end connected to a fan rotary shaft of the blower main machine. ??<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT ??