Device for cleaning the tire of a roller

In combination:

• 1) a tire for a soil tamping roller;
• and
• 2) a device for cleaning the tire of adhering dirt and for spraying the tire with water, the device comprising
• a) a stripping device which extends essentially perpendicularly from a direction of tire rotation over a region of the tire to be cleaned and which is fastened to a tire carrier in a fixed position in relation to the tire, and
• b) a nozzle arrangement which is fastened to the tire carrier in a fixed position in relation to the tire and which is provided with nozzles, the nozzles being arranged at a distance from one another and approximately parallel to the stripping device in the direction of tire rotation, wherein
• c) the stripping device and the nozzle arrangement are combined to form a structural unit, and
• d) the structural unit is formed from
• aa) a stripper holder which extends continuously over a width of the tire region to be cleaned, and
• bb) a stripper which is arranged in the stripper holder and which projects over an entire length of the stripper holder, out of the stripper holder, and toward the tire,
• e) the stripper has a cavity which is sealed off relative to the stripper holder which extends over a substantial part of the length of the stripper holder, into which a water inflow line opens, and from which the nozzles branch off through a wall of the stripper holder.