Patent ID: 8721298

Claim:
An air blower comprising: a motor including a rotor, a stator, and an output shaft fixed to the rotor, one of the rotor and the stator including a coil disc with a plurality of coil pieces arranged in a circumferential direction around the output shaft as viewed from a direction of an axial line of the output shaft, and another of the rotor and the stator including a magnetic flux generating mechanism that generates a magnetic flux passing through the coil disc in the direction of the axial line of the output shaft; a fan which rotates by receiving power from the motor; a casing which retains the motor and the fan, and which is provided with an air inlet opening for suctioning air and an air outlet opening for blowing out the air; and a handle provided at the casing, wherein the fan and the motor each have a discoid shape and a rotational surface located in parallel with each other, and a weighted center position of the air blower is spaced from the rotor in a direction along or in parallel with the direction of the axial line.