High bulk tissue sheets and products
View Patent ↗Spirally wound paper products are disclosed having desirable roll bulk, firmness and softness properties. The rolled products can be made from single ply tissue webs formed according to various processes.
1. A rolled tissue product comprising a single ply tissue web spirally wound into a roll, the single ply web having a bone dry basis weight from about 25 to about 35 grams per square meter (gsm) and a sheet bulk greater than about 15 cc/g and the wound roll having a Roll Firmness from about 5 to about 10 mm and a Roll Structure less than about 300 cm/g.
2. The tissue product of claim 1 , wherein the single ply tissue web comprises a through-air dried web.
3. The tissue product of claim 2 , wherein the through-air dried web is uncreped.
4. The tissue product of claim 1 , wherein the wound roll has a roll bulk of about 13 cc/g or greater.
5. The tissue product of claim 1 , wherein the single ply web has a geometric mean tensile from about 650 to about 1000 g/3″.
6. The tissue product of claim 1 , wherein the single ply web has a Stiffness Index from about 4.5 to about 8.
7. The tissue product of claim 1 , wherein the single ply web has a geometric mean slope less than about 8,000 g/3″.
8. The tissue product of claim 1 , wherein the single ply web has a geometric mean slope from about 4,000 to about 6,500 g/3″.
9. The tissue product of claim 1 , wherein the single ply web has a percent CD stretch of about 9 percent or greater.
10. The tissue product of claim 1 , wherein the wound roll has a Roll Structure less than about 250 cm/g.
11. A single ply tissue web having a geometric mean tensile less than about 1000 g/3″, a sheet bulk greater than about 15 cc/g and a Stiffness Index of less than about 8.
12. The web of claim 11 , wherein the single ply tissue web comprises a through-air dried web.
13. The web of claim 12 , wherein the through-air dried web is uncreped.
14. The web of claim 11 , wherein the sheet bulk is from about 15 to about 20 cc/g.
15. The web of claim 11 having a bone dry basis weight from about 28 to about 32 gsm.
16. The web of claim 11 , wherein the Stiffness Index is from about 4.5 to about 7.
17. A rolled tissue product comprising a single ply tissue web spirally wound into a roll, the tissue web having a textured background surface and a design element, a geometric mean tensile less than about 1000 g/3″, a sheet bulk greater than about 15 cc/g and a Stiffness Index less than about 8, wherein the wound roll has a roll bulk greater than about 10 cc/g.
18. The tissue product of claim 17 , wherein the product has a Roll Firmness from about 5 to about 10 mm.
19. The tissue product of claim 17 , wherein the single ply web has a bone dry basis weight from about 28 to about 32 gsm.
20. The tissue product of claim 17 , wherein the wound roll has a Roll Structure less than about 300 cm/g.