Patent ID: 9332694
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A01G,A47L,E01H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A blower apparatus comprising: a drive motor; a blower device operatively connected to said drive motor; a blower tube connected with a first end to the blower device and having an outlet opening at a second end remote from the first end, wherein a blower air stream conveyed by the blower device passes through the blower tube in a direction of a longitudinal center axis of the blower tube and exits through the outlet opening in an outflow direction; a pivoting device configured to pivot the blower tube; a nozzle supported freely pivotable on the blower tube about at least one pivot axis, wherein the outlet opening is formed on the nozzle; wherein the nozzle forms the pivoting device and utilizes a transverse force to pivot the blower tube, the transverse force generated by the blower air stream within the nozzle.