Soft single-ply tissue
View Patent ↗A soft single-ply tissue sheet is produced by making a textured, high bulk, through dried tissue sheet and calendering the sheet with a high level of compression energy to substantially reduce the bulk and impart improved properties to the sheet.
1. A single-ply tissue sheet having a finished dry basis weight from about 35 to about 120 grams per square meter, a ratio of the geometric mean slope divided by the geometric mean tensile strength of about 10 or less, a sheet bulk of from about 6 to about 14 cubic centimeters per gram, a surface smoothness difference of about 10 percent or less and an exponential compression modulus of about 11 or less.
2. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a basis weight of from about 35 to about 60 grams per square meter.
3. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a ratio of the geometric mean slope divided by the geometric mean tensile strength from about 6 to about 9.
4. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a sheet bulk from about 8 to about 12 cubic centimeters per gram.
5. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a surface smoothness difference of about 5 percent or less.
6. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having an exponential compression modulus from about 5 to about 10.
7. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a cross-machine direction stretch from about 5 to about 10 percent.
8. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a ratio of the cross-machine direction tensile energy absorbed divided by the cross-machine direction tensile strength from about 6 to about 10.
9. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a breaking length from about 200 to about 500 meters.
10. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having an absorbent capacity from about 8 to about 11 grams of water per gram of fiber.
11. A roll of a single-ply tissue sheet, said tissue sheet having a finished dry basis weight from about 35 to about 120 grams per square meter, a ratio of the geometric mean slope divided by the geometric mean tensile strength of about 9 or less, a sheet bulk of from about 6 to about 14 cubic centimeters per gram, a surface smoothness difference of about 10 percent or less and an exponential compression modulus of about 11 or less, said roll having a roll bulk from about 6 to about 12 cubic centimeters per gram and a roll firmness from about 2 to about 12 millimeters.