Side channel blower, in particular a secondary air blower for an internal combustion engine, comprising a multi-part housing having at least a first housing part designed as a pot part and a second housing part designed as a cover part, the pot part and the cover part being connected in a parting plane with the interposition of a sealing element and enclosing a blower chamber , wherein an inlet , which opens, via an inlet area , into at least one substantially annularly extending conveying channel having a radially delimiting wall , and an outlet are formed, an impeller adapted to be driven via a drive unit , is rotatably supported in the housing and has conveyor blades cooperating with the opposite conveyor channel , and an interruption region between the inlet and the outlet , in which the at least one conveying channel is interrupted in the circumferential direction, wherein the outlet comprises an outlet channel section into which the at least one conveyor channel opens, wherein the outlet channel section comprises an outwardly directed discharge opening and an outlet opening directed towards the conveying channel with a first and a second side edge , the first side edge being part of the interruption region and the second side edge being part of the radially delimiting wall , wherein the first and the second side edge span a first plane f 1 that forms an angle α ≥ 30° with a second plane f 2 , spanned by the outlet opening , such that the outlet opening extends into the radially delimiting wall , characterized in that the parting plane extends at the level of or below a bottom surface of the conveyor channel in the cover part . a multi-part housing having at least a first housing part designed as a pot part and a second housing part designed as a cover part, the pot part and the cover part being connected in a parting plane with the interposition of a sealing element and enclosing a blower chamber , wherein an inlet , which opens, via an inlet area , into at least one substantially annularly extending conveying channel having a radially delimiting wall , and an outlet are formed, an impeller adapted to be driven via a drive unit , is rotatably supported in the housing and has conveyor blades cooperating with the opposite conveyor channel , and an interruption region between the inlet and the outlet , in which the at least one conveying channel is interrupted in the circumferential direction, wherein the outlet comprises an outlet channel section into which the at least one conveyor channel opens, wherein the outlet channel section comprises an outwardly directed discharge opening and an outlet opening directed towards the conveying channel with a first and a second side edge , the first side edge being part of the interruption region and the second side edge being part of the radially delimiting wall , wherein the first and the second side edge span a first plane f 1 that forms an angle α ≥ 30° with a second plane f 2 , spanned by the outlet opening , such that the outlet opening extends into the radially delimiting wall , characterized in that the parting plane extends at the level of or below a bottom surface of the conveyor channel in the cover part . <EOS>