Abstract: A filter assembly is provided. The filter assembly includes a plurality of filter modules each filled with activated carbon and continuously connected; and a frame to which the plurality of filter modules are fixed, wherein the plurality of filter modules are disposed at predetermined angles relative to each other.

Abstract: A filter assembly is provided. The filter assembly includes a plurality of filter modules each filled with activated carbon and continuously connected; and a frame to which the plurality of filter modules are fixed, wherein the plurality of filter modules are disposed at predetermined angles relative to each other.

Abstract: An air cleaner and an oil mist filter are disclosed. The air cleaner includes a main body, and a filter device. The filter device includes at least one dust filter configured to filter external air and an oil mist filter configured to filter oil mist. The oil mist filter includes a stationary filter including a plurality of first baffles, and a movable filter including a plurality of second baffles respectively corresponding to the plurality of first baffles. The movable filter is movably disposed on one side of the stationary filter to be moved to first or second position. The oil mist filter is provided with a first air path in the first position, the first and second baffles are positioned closest to each other. The oil mist filter is provided with a second air path in the second position, the first and second baffles are farthest away from each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip mounted on a substrate, an insulating layer covering at least a portion of the semiconductor chip and including a thixotropic material or a hot melt material, and a shielding layer covering at least a portion of the semiconductor chip and the insulating layer. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor package includes forming an insulating layer and a shielding layer having a high aspect ratio by using a three-dimensional printer.

Abstract: A blower having improved efficiency by minimizing a distance between an end of a blade and a cold air suction hole, and a refrigerator including the blower includes a body having a storage compartment including a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment, an evaporator provided behind the storage compartment and configured to generate cold air, and the blower configured to supply the cold air generated by the evaporator into the freezer compartment, wherein the blower includes a suction member having a cold air suction hole and a fan unit configured to supply cold air introduced through the cold air suction hole into the freezer compartment, and having an interference prevention portion separated from the suction member to prevent interference with the suction member, and a water repellent portion treated with a water repellent is provided on a surface of the suction member adjacent to the interference prevention portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vesicle containing a saccharide isomerate, a hydrolyzed lupine protein, and an intercorneocyte lipid mimetics as an active ingredient, and a composition for skin external application including the vesicle, and more particularly, to a vesicle including: an aqueous phase part including a saccharide isomerate and a hydrolyzed lupine protein; and an oil phase part including an intercorneocyte lipid mimetics, lysolecithin, and glycerin. The vesicle includes the intercorneocyte lipid mimetics together with the saccharide isomerate and the hydrolyzed lupine protein as contents, so that the vesicle is excellent in a skin barrier recovery function and a skin moisturizing effect upon skin application. In addition, the vesicle is excellent in phase stability, so that the vesicle is suitable to be commercialized as various compositions for skin external application.

Abstract: An air cleaner and an oil mist filter are disclosed. The air cleaner includes a main body, and a filter device. The filter device includes at least one dust filter configured to filter external air and an oil mist filter configured to filter oil mist. The oil mist filter includes a stationary filter including a plurality of first baffles, and a movable filter including a plurality of second baffles respectively corresponding to the plurality of first baffles. The movable filter is movably disposed on one side of the stationary filter to be moved to first or second position. The oil mist filter is provided with a first air path in the first position, the first and second baffles are positioned closest to each other. The oil mist filter is provided with a second air path in the second position, the first and second baffles are farthest away from each other.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided including: a display for displaying a UI element; a processor for processing an application; a Printed Board Assembly (PBA) having the processor mounted thereon, and arranged to be substantially parallel to the display; a main battery which supplies power to the electronic device, and is rechargeable and detachable; an auxiliary battery for supplying power to the electronic device; a first frame which houses the main battery, fixes the PBA, and is arranged to be substantially parallel to the display; a second frame for fixing the display and the first frame; and a cover coupled to the second frame, wherein the first frame includes a hole for housing the auxiliary battery, and the electronic device can receive power supplied from the auxiliary battery when power supply from the main battery is terminated.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing reducing water that maintains a neutral range of pH and exhibits superior reducing force. The apparatus for producing reducing water includes an electrolytic bath including a cathode chamber provided with a cathode, an anode chamber provided with an anode, and an intermediate chamber interposed between the cathode chamber and the anode chamber, wherein the cathode chamber and the intermediate chamber are provided with an inlet through which water is supplied, and an outlet through which water is discharged, a cation exchange membrane is provided between the cathode chamber and the intermediate chamber, and the intermediate chamber includes a cation exchange resin that dissociates hydrogen ions when the cation exchange resin reacts with water.

Abstract: A gas sensor module, a refrigerator having the same and a control method for the refrigerator. In another aspect, in a gas sensor module, ion pairs are pre-dissolved in an aqueous solution while the amount thereof and pH of an initial aqueous solution may be adjusted to adjust a sensing range and sensitivity with respect to a target gas to be sensed. In another aspect, the gas sensor module senses the amount of target gas includes an aqueous solution in which ion pairs of a substance having the same dissociation constant as the target gas are dissolved, and senses a pH change of the aqueous solution that occurs due to the target gas being dissolved in the aqueous solution.

Abstract: A gas sensor, a refrigerator having the gas sensor, and a method for controlling the gas sensor recognizes the ripening degree of a target food on the basis of a variation in color using a pH indicator having a color that is changed with pH variation generated when the pH indicator reacts with target gas, a refrigerator having the gas sensor. The gas sensor for detecting target gas includes: a base provided for gas permeation; and a detection unit provided at the base, and is discolored in response to pH variation generated when reacting with target gas having permeated the base.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a super-hydrophobic and super-hydrorepellent surface, and more particularly, a method of manufacturing a super-hydrophobic and super-hydrorepellent surface by plasma treatment. The method includes providing a sample having a surface formed of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-based polymer material to a plasma apparatus; injecting oxygen and argon gases into the plasma apparatus; and generating plasma by applying power to the plasma apparatus and plasma-treating the surface of the sample.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vesicle containing a saccharide isomerate, a hydrolyzed lupine protein, and an intercorneocyte lipid mimetics as an active ingredient, and a composition for skin external application including the vesicle, and more particularly, to a vesicle including: an aqueous phase part including a saccharide isomerate and a hydrolyzed lupine protein; and an oil phase part including an intercorneocyte lipid mimetics, lysolecithin, and glycerin. The vesicle includes the intercorneocyte lipid mimetics together with the saccharide isomerate and the hydrolyzed lupine protein as contents, so that the vesicle is excellent in a skin barrier recovery function and a skin moisturizing effect upon skin application. In addition, the vesicle is excellent in phase stability, so that the vesicle is suitable to be commercialized as various compositions for skin external application.

Abstract: A blower having improved efficiency by minimizing a distance between an end of a blade and a cold air suction hole, and a refrigerator including the blower includes a body having a storage compartment including a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment, an evaporator provided behind the storage compartment and configured to generate cold air, and the blower configured to supply the cold air generated by the evaporator into the freezer compartment, wherein the blower includes a suction member having a cold air suction hole and a fan unit configured to supply cold air introduced through the cold air suction hole into the freezer compartment, and having an interference prevention portion separated from the suction member to prevent interference with the suction member, and a water repellent portion treated with a water repellent is provided on a surface of the suction member adjacent to the interference prevention portion.

Abstract: A super-hydrorepellent coating composition including a nano structure, polyorganosiloxane, a cross-linker, and a catalyst; a super-hydrorepellent coating layer including a cured product of the super-hydrorepellent coating composition; and a heat exchanger including the super-hydrorepellent coating layer.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus including an impedance measurer that measures impedance of an object to be heated by applying electricity to a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion that contact an outer side of the object to be heated and that are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance and a controller that determines a cooking state of the object to be heated based on the measured impedance.

Abstract: A gas sensor module, a refrigerator having the same and a control method for the refrigerator. In another aspect, in a gas sensor module, ion pairs are pre-dissolved in an aqueous solution while the amount thereof and pH of an initial aqueous solution may be adjusted to adjust a sensing range and sensitivity with respect to a target gas to be sensed. In another aspect, the gas sensor module senses the amount of target gas includes an aqueous solution in which ion pairs of a substance having the same dissociation constant as the target gas are dissolved, and senses a pH change of the aqueous solution that occurs due to the target gas being dissolved in the aqueous solution.

Abstract: A humidifier including a storage chamber configured to store water, an electrolytic unit configured to electrolyze water, a first and second pipe to which the electrolyzed water is introduced, a first and second valve configured to open/close a fluid path of the first pipe and second pipe, a filter unit disposed at the first pipe and configured to filter the electrolyzed water, a humidification chamber configured to be supplied with water from one of the first or the second pipe, and a control unit configured to supply the filtered water to the humidification chamber at a humidification mode by controlling the first valve and supply the electrolyzed water to the humidification chamber at a sterilization mode by controlling the second valve, the humidifier further including a drainage hole and a drainage valve to open/close the drainage hole, and a tray to store the water being discharged through the drainage hole.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided including: a display for displaying a UI element; a processor for processing an application; a Printed Board Assembly (PBA) having the processor mounted thereon, and arranged to be substantially parallel to the display; a main battery which supplies power to the electronic device, and is rechargeable and detachable; an auxiliary battery for supplying power to the electronic device; a first frame which houses the main battery, fixes the PBA, and is arranged to be substantially parallel to the display; a second frame for fixing the display and the first frame; and a cover coupled to the second frame, wherein the first frame includes a hole for housing the auxiliary battery, and the electronic device can receive power supplied from the auxiliary battery when power supply from the main battery is terminated.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a water softening apparatus including an electrosorption unit to adsorb foreign matter contained in water with electrical attraction, a preprocessing unit having a preprocessing chamber which is connected with an external water supply source and is provided with a filter to filter out foreign matter contained in water transferred from the external water supply source, and a cleaning solution supply unit having a cleaning solution storage chamber which stores a cleaning solution to be supplied to the electrosorption unit. Since any one of the water transferred from the preprocessing unit and the cleaning solution transferred from the cleaning solution supply unit is selectively transferred to the electrosorption unit by a valve, a pump to inject the cleaning solution and the like are unnecessary.