a stripper device , for reducing adhesions on a movable part of a baler including a pressing apparatus interacting with a bale , has a scraper bar carrier with a scraping bar , wherein the scraping bar carrier can be movably connected to the baler and has a first position , in which the scraping bar is operatively abutted against the pressing apparatus , and a second position , in which the scraping bar is withdrawn from the pressing apparatus , wherein the scraping bar assumes the second position cyclically .