In 1925, Ode Jennings moved to a house at what would become known as 220 Civic Drive (originally Schaumburg Road) in the village of Schaumburg, Illinois. Despite further improvements, which were protected by patents, the machine was a failure in the market. had purchased out of liquidation the business of the Garbell Typewriter Corporation of Chicago, which manufactured the GAR-BELL portable typewriter, invented by Max Garbell. The improvement related to the ejection of coins that were too small. Ode Jennings acquired United States patent 1,403,933, granted on 17 January 1922, for an improved mechanical coin-selecting device. Itsīusiness was the refurbishment of slot machines manufactured by Mills. In 1906, Ode Jennings established Industry Novelty Company, Incorporated. Jennings worked for the Mills Novelty Company and ran The Spectatorium, a penny arcade, for that company at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (the 1904 World's Fair in St. Jennings was born in Kentucky on September 6, 1874. On the death of its founder in 1953, the company was succeeded by Jennings & Company. Jennings as Industry Novelty Company, Incorporated of Chicago.

Jennings & Company was a leading manufacturer of slot machines in the United States and also manufactured other coin-operated machines, including pinball machines, from 1906 to the 1980s.