Multi-cyclone sediment filter

A multi-cyclone sediment filter comprising:

• a sediment bowl for collecting sediment;
• a cyclone housing disposed above and sealingly connected to said sediment bowl;
• a cyclone cartridge disposed in said cyclone housing, said cyclone cartridge including:
• a plurality of conically shaped fluid cyclones, each having a small opening at a lower end and larger opening at an upper end,
• a fluid inlet for introducing fluid into said cyclone housing and for passage through said cyclone cartridge;
• a diffuser plate sealingly connected to said cyclone cartridge and said cyclone housing, said diffuser plate including a plurality of diffuser tubes, each diffuser tube extending downwardly into an upper open portion of one of said fluid cyclones, and a central upwardly extending diverter cone for directing fluid over said diverter cone up and away from said diffuser plate;
• wherein the sediment bowl includes a sump which is angularly inclined relative to a plane which is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the multi-cyclone sediment filter, and a discharge port is located at or near a lowermost region of said sump.